"Banyak yang hendak saya nyatakan, apakah yang dapat menghalangi saya, kalau menurut keyakinan saya, saya patut berbicara? Karena cara saya melahirkan keyakinan akan dicela setengah orang? Karena soal yang saya kemukakan, menurut setengah orang mesti didiamkan? Karena saya akan dihinakan orang? Karena saya akan dimaki? Kalau keyakinan sudah menjadi pohon beringin, robohlah segala pertimbang…
Geography gives shape to our innate curiosity; cartography is older than writing. Channelling our twin urges to explore and understand, geographers uncover the hidden connections of human existence, from infant mortality in inner cities to the decision-makers who fly overhead in executive jets, from natural disasters to over-use of fossil fuels. In this incisive introduction to the subject, …
In recent years our world has seen transformations of all kinds: intense climate change accompanied by significant weather extremes; deadly tsunamis caused by submarine earthquakes; unprecedented terrorist attacks; costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; a terrible and overlooked conflict in Equatorial Africa costing millions of lives; an economic crisis threatening the stability of the internatio…