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The Human Atlas of Europe: A Continent United in Diversity

Dimitris Ballas

What does Brexit actually mean for the UK and what are the wider implications for Europe? Was the UK 'leave' vote actually symptomatic of broader issues within Europe such as population mobility and the rise of non-traditional parties?

Written by leading international authors, this timely atlas explores Europe's society, culture, economy, politics and environment using state of the art mapping techniques

With maps covering over 80 topics ranging from life expectancy, greenhouse gas emissions, GDP to Eurovision voting, The Human Atlas of Europe addresses fundamental questions around social cohesion and sustainable growth as Europe negotiates the UK's exit while continuing through the economic crisis.

This concise, accessible atlas is packed with exciting features, including:

- short introductions to each topic

- maps using the very latest data

- infographics bringing this all to life

- summaries of key information including league tables

- core statistics on Europe

Taken as a whole, the atlas shows how geographical and state boundaries only tell a partial story and that we still live in a far more cohesive Europe than we realise.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Policy Press
  • Publish Date: May 24th, 2017
  • Pages: 188
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 11.30in - 8.90in - 0.60in - 2.00lb
  • EAN: 9781447313540
  • Categories: Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (see also Travel - Maps & Road AtHuman GeographyRegional Studies

About the Author

Ballas, Dimitris: - Dimitris Ballas is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of the Aegean. He has published widely in the fields of Social and Economic Geography, Regional Science and Geoinformatics in the Social Sciences
Hennig, Benjamin: - Benjamin Hennig is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Iceland and author of the website www.viewsoftheworld.net
Dorling, Danny: - Danny Dorling is Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Peter's College. He is a patron of RoadPeace, Comprehensive Future and Heeley City Farm. He has published over 50 books, including the best-selling Peak Inequality: Britain's Ticking Timebomb (2018) and Injustice: Why Social Inequality Still Persists (2014)..

Praise for this book

"An essential catalyst for teacher-pupil discussions, and an authoritative source of information as we move towards a post-Brexit world." Living Geography
"A truly fascinating book which explores in a state of the art, visual way a whole series of topics about European life, societies and populations. The book combines clear text and infographics to present an innovative way of thinking about, and seeing, Europe, in all its rich diversity and surprising cohesion. Packed with information about an array of key challenges currently facing Europe." Susan Millns, University of Sussex
"An effective and engaging atlas of Europe" The Society of Cartographers Bulletin
"A visually stunning atlas, the best of art and information combined. Although worthy of standing on its own, it also provides an indispensable companion to the social, economic, and political changes sweeping Europe." Rachel S. Franklin, Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4), Brown University
"A stimulating and unique perspective to the understanding of Europe as a political entity facing identity and culture challenges at a time of great crisis." Pierre Vercauteren, Université Catholique de Louvain
"Post Berlin-Wall Europe is a continent united by its common geography and the EU. This outstanding work gives answers to the economic challenges and inequalities between its different regions to help forge a common destiny. Committed Europeans will read it as a work of self-knowledge." Gazmend Kapllani, author of A Short Border Handbook