Earth wars: the battle for global resources / Geoff Hiscock.

The four essentials : food, water, energy, metals
Geographical flashpoints : the trouble with lines on a map
The key players : diggers, drillers, and dealers
Food and water : where the rivers run
"Going out" for energy : China and India stake their claims
Old coal still burning brightly
Going nuclear in a post-Fukushima world
New energy
clean, green, and expensive
Coppery red, the colour of earth's true love
Finding steel's essential ingredients
U.S. energy : hail to the shale
Japan after the deluge
BRACQK (Brazil, Russia, Australia, Canada, Qatar, Kazakhstan) is the new BRIC
The up and comers : Turkey, Iran, Indonesia, Mexico
What happens next : a host of global opportunities
Conclusion : a world so changed.