Our Earth in the 21st Century

Norbert Csizmadia

Chapter 4 in Geofusion:Mapping of the 21st Century, 2020, pp 37-56 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: For the Little Prince, who embarked on a trip at the recommendation of the strange geographer who had no field experience, Earth hid many more treasures than the other planets he had visited, since it was so huge that a veritable army of lamplighters had to be used to illuminate the six continents, as we have learned from Saint-Exupéry’s novel. There were a total of about 2 billion grown-ups including 111 kings, 7,000 geographers, 900,000 businessmen, 7.5 million tipplers and 311 million conceited men…

Keywords: Globalization; Geopolitics; Geoeconomics; International Economics; Urban Research; Futures Studies; Futurism; Liveable Cities; Global Networks; Future Cities; World Systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F6 P25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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