GEOFUSION 2.0
“Today networks outpace space, and it is a change with consequences. Geofusion tells us how to think about the role of distance, while it still matters!”
Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
author of Linked and The Formula: The Universal Laws of Success.“The complexity of the world today arises from the intersection from geopolitics and globalization, geography and connectivity. Norbert Csizmadia’s new book is another important addition to his masterful work structuring our collective thinking on the seminal issues of our time.”
Dr Parag Khanna,
bestselling author of Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization“In Geofusion, Norbert Csizmadia provides a well-researched expose of the state of the world, all through the eyes of a geographer. The book contains interesting facts and research, which provide foresight into current global processes based o geographic, economic and urban research. Fascinating to experience a different perspective on areas you thought you fully understood.”
Nicklas Bergman
entrepreneur, technology investor, futurist and author of Navigating the Techstorm.
The Book
Globalization has entered a new period, the age of technology and knowledge, and the Eurasian era based on a long-term sustainable growth. International relations in the 21st century have become even more complex and intricate, and geography plays an important role in their understanding this. Geofusion is the synthesis of network maps depicting the functional relations arranged into hubs, and can be used to outline the new economic and geopolitical powers of our world.
How can we orientate ourselves on the geofusional world map of the 21st century? Why are geographical factors important? How can we understand the new economic and geopolitical world trend with the help of geography? What role will global cities play in the coming decades and how will the order of their competitiveness change? How does connectivity shape our world? What does a new and connected Eurasia mean, and why is this Eurasian era based on a long-term growth important? How does the spatial structure of our world change and what geopolitical models can be used to describe them?
In order to understand the processes and the driving forces of this new era, we need new maps. The book shows the geographical processes of today’s global, social, and economic world order. It also presents the 21st century global geofusional map bearing an uncanny resemblance to the map about the spread of COVID-19 pandemic which broke out in 2020…
Weight: 928g
Page number: 276
Size: 24.3 x 17.2 x 2.7 cm
Publishing date: 04.2021
Publisher: Pallas Athéné Könyvkiadó Kft.
ISBN number: 978-963-573-024-7
The Author
Geographer, his field of study including economic strategy, geostrategy, regional and urban development, geoeconomics, and geopolitics. Former State Secretary in charge of planning coordination for the Ministry for National Economy, from March, 2013, former Executive Director of the Central Bank of Hungary. Since 2016, President of Board of Pallas Athene Innovation and Geopolitical Foundation and its successor, and Chief Editor of Hungarian Geopolitics Magazine (HUG). Co-chair of the Geopolitical Department of the Hungarian Geographical Society, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the János Neumann University Foundation. Author of the book titled Geofusion – Mapping of the 21st Century.
Norbert Csizmadia
Memes
“We live a new world order – where new actors, new partnerships, new battlefields, and new myths are born.”
“The new world is polycentric and multipolar.”
“Geography does matter! In order to understand the new changing world order, we must return to geography.”
“We live in the age of geoeconomy – besides geopolitics, this new discipline, geoeconomy – the fusion of social sciences, geography, and economics – is becoming increasingly important.”
“We are experiencing a turning point in technology.”
“We live in the age of fusions and networks.”
“The world economic pole has clearly shifted to the East.”
“The three most important passwords of the 21st century are sustainability, connectivity, and complexity.”
“Data is the raw material and experience is the service of the 21st century.”
“10. The 21st century will be the “land” age of Eurasia – putting an end to the 500-year-long Atlantic age.”
News
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Maps
From my analysis in recent months, of visual representations of the epidemic and spatial study results, it can be concluded that the position of geography was taken over by physics and network [...]
Geofusion is the “geopolitics and geoeconomics of networks, which is at the same time a new network of geopolitics and geoeconomics”. I developed “geofusion” to look at the spatial context of the [...]
Geofusion is the “geopolitics and geoeconomics of networks, which is at the same time a new network of geopolitics and geoeconomics”. I developed “geofusion” to look at the spatial context of the [...]
The new world order will redraw our maps. Previously peripheral territories will move to the center. The 21st century brought about the emergence of the multipolar world order, and the economic center [...]
The Belt and Road Initiative is the most important geostrategic program of the 21st century, and also the largest investment in history. It is a coherent network of maritime routes and land-based [...]
Global cities are now determined by their future rather than their past. This future is influenced by globalization, urbanization, and technological progress. The amount of cities’ education and innovation potential for the [...]
As a result of Silicon Valley’s success, technology parks and centers all over the world like to tack on “silicon” to their names. These business networks and designers commonly use names such [...]
By taking into account the great powers and regional powers presented previously by geopolitical thinkers (Cohen, Brzezinski, Kissinger, Kennedy, Huntington, Santos), the country rankings based on my own research integrated into indicators [...]
However, Juan Pérez Ventura assumes that global cities play a crucial role in center and periphery locations. “In today’s world, globalization is actually not a global process. The world is becoming polarized, [...]
As discussed in previous chapters, the fusion of places or geofusion is a geographical synthesis producing new results in geography with the simultaneous application of economic policy, technology, design, and visualization. Geofusion [...]
Reviews
“Today networks outpace space, and it is a change with consequences. Geofusion tells us how to think about the role of distance, while it still matters!”
Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
author of Linked and The Formula: The Universal Laws of Success.“The complexity of the world today arises from the intersection from geopolitics and globalization, geography and connectivity. Norbert Csizmadia’s new book is another important addition to his masterful work structuring our collective thinking on the seminal issues of our time.”
Dr Parag Khanna,
bestselling author of Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization“In Geofusion, Norbert Csizmadia provides a well-researched expose of the state of the world, all through the eyes of a geographer. The book contains interesting facts and research, which provide foresight into current global processes based o geographic, economic and urban research. Fascinating to experience a different perspective on areas you thought you fully understood.”
Nicklas Bergman
entrepreneur, technology investor, futurist and author of Navigating the Techstorm.
Videos & Podcasts
BC4LS Talks Vol. 1. – Norbert Csizmadia
In the first volume of BC4LS Talks Norbert Csizmadia talks about geofusion, the importance of geography, and the relationship between complexity, connectivity, and sustainability.
E12 – The importance of maps in the 21st century
The AMBITION Podcast speaks to Norbert Csizmadia, President of the Board at the Pallas Athéne Innovation and Geopolitical Foundation (formed by the Central Bank of Hungary) about the importance of maps in the 21st century. Himanshu Rai, Director of the Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIM Indore) then discusses how Business Schools can build a community for faculty and students alike, and how he uses social media to do that at IIM Indore.
A map, that changed the World.
Maps are important. But the way we use them differs from the way we used to read them. What do they show us? Differences or distances? What are the roles of a map read by 2.5 billion people in our digitalized era? This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
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