The new North

Laurence C. Smith

The world in 2050 will be radically different from today. The book explores the 'four locomotives' that are changing the world - climate change, rising population, globalization and resource depletion - and predicts how they will shape the world in the next four decades. Northern countries - notably Canada, Russia and Scandinavia - will rise at the expense of southern ones. Places like New Zealand, Argentina and interior Brazil will also be winners. Patterns of human migration will be dramatically altered - and where we are born will be crucial. "The New North" explores the 'four locomotives' that are changing the world - climate change, rising population, globalisation and resource depletion - and attempts to predict how they will shape the world between now and 2050. It is a book about people, and the 'push' and 'pull' factors that determine where and how they live. In particular,...