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Loose-leaf Version for World Regional Geography: Global Patterns, Local Lives Eighth Edition [köitmata]

  • Formaat: Loose-leaf, 752 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 264x219x24 mm
  • Ilmumisaeg: 16-Dec-2019
  • Kirjastus: W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1319235166
  • ISBN-13: 9781319235161
Teised raamatud teemal:
  • Formaat: Loose-leaf, 752 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 264x219x24 mm
  • Ilmumisaeg: 16-Dec-2019
  • Kirjastus: W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1319235166
  • ISBN-13: 9781319235161
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Dear Reader xx
Preface xxi
Chapter 1 Geography: An Exploration of Connections
1(62)
The Study of Geography
3(1)
Geographers' Visual Tools
4(5)
Understanding Maps
4(4)
Geographic Information Science (GISc)
8(1)
The Detective Work of Photo Interpretation
8(1)
The Region as a Concept
9(2)
Geographic Themes in This Book
11(1)
Environment: Physical and Human
12(1)
Physical Geography
12(3)
Landforms: The Sculpting of Earth
12(1)
Plate Tectonics
12(1)
External Landscape Processes
12(1)
Climate
13(2)
Human Impact on the Environment
15(5)
Global Climate Change
18(2)
Photo Essay Human Impact on the Biosphere
20(4)
Vulnerability to Climate Change
22(2)
Photo Essay Vulnerability to Climate Change
24(2)
Responding to Climate Change
26(1)
Water
26(2)
Calculating Water Use per Capita
27(1)
Water: Who Gets Access to It? Who Owns It?
27(1)
Water Quality
28(1)
Water and Urbanization
28(1)
Food
28(2)
Agriculture: Early Human Impacts on the Physical Environment
28(1)
Modern Food Production and Food Security
29(1)
Globalization and Development
30(1)
The Transitions of Development
31(1)
Classifications of Development
31(1)
Measuring Development
31(1)
Measures of Economic Development
31(1)
Measures of Human Development
32(1)
Sustainable Development and Political Ecology
32(1)
Globalization
33(1)
What Is the Global Economy?
33(1)
Photo Essay Globalization and Development
34(4)
The Debate over Globalization and Free Trade
37(1)
Reforming Free Trade and Development Institutions
38(1)
Globalization, Development, and Government
38(1)
Power and Politics
38(1)
How Deep Do Political Freedoms Go?
39(1)
What Factors Encourage the Expansion of Political Freedoms?
39(1)
Photo Essay Power and Politics
40(2)
Geopolitics
42(1)
International Cooperation
42(1)
Urbanization
43(1)
Why Are Cities Growing?
43(1)
Urban Growth in Less Developed Countries
43(1)
Urban Migration, Opportunity, and Gender
43(1)
Photo Essay Urbanization
44(2)
Urban Planning and the Environment
46(1)
Population, Gender, and Culture
46(1)
Global Spatial Variations in Population Density and Growth
46(1)
Global Patterns of Population Growth
46(1)
The Demographic Transition: Population Growth Rates and Human Development
47(3)
Age and Sex Structures
50(1)
Gender
50(2)
Photo Essay Population, Gender, and Culture
52(2)
Gender Equality and Development
54(1)
Gender-Based Violence
54(1)
Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
54(1)
Culture
54(9)
Ethnicity and Culture: Slippery Concepts
55(1)
Values
55(1)
Religion and Belief Systems
56(1)
Language
56(3)
Race
59(4)
Chapter 2 North America
63(66)
What Makes North America a Region?
65(1)
Terms in This
Chapter
65(1)
Environment: Physical and Human
66(1)
Landforms
66(1)
Climate
67(2)
Environment
69(1)
Climate Change and Air Pollution
69(1)
Photo Essay Vulnerability to Climate Change in North America
70(5)
Water Resources
72(1)
Loss of Natural Habitat and Urbanization
73(1)
Oil Extraction
73(1)
Logging
74(1)
Coal Mining
75(1)
Human Patterns over Time
75(5)
The Peopling of North America
75(2)
The European Transformation
77(1)
Expansion West of the Mississippi and Great Lakes
78(1)
European Settlement and American Indians and Aboriginal Peoples
79(1)
The Changing Regional Composition of North America
80(1)
Globalization and Development
80(1)
From Manufacturing to Services
80(1)
The Knowledge Economy
81(1)
Globalization and Free Trade
81(2)
The Asian Link to Globalization
83(1)
Backlash Against Globalization and Free Trade
83(1)
U.S.-Canadian Economic Interdependence
83(1)
Women in the Economy
83(1)
Photo Essay Globalization and Development in North America
84(2)
North America's Changing Food-Production Systems
86(2)
Family Farms Give Way to Agribusiness
86(1)
Food Production and Sustainability
86(2)
Changing Transportation Networks and the North American Economy
88(1)
Power and Politics
88(1)
Influence of the United States and Canada Abroad
88(1)
Challenges to the United States' Global Power
89(1)
The Expansion of Political Freedoms in the United States and Canada
89(1)
Photo Essay Power and Politics in North America
90(2)
Disillusionment and the Role of Money in Politics
92(1)
Debt and Politics in the United States
92(1)
Relationships Between Canada and the United States
93(2)
Asymmetries
93(1)
Similarities
93(1)
Democratic Systems of Government: Shared Ideals, Different Trajectories
93(1)
The Social Safety Net: Canadian and U.S. Approaches
94(1)
Gender in National Politics
94(1)
Drugs and Politics in North America
95(2)
The War on Drugs
96(1)
New Approaches to Managing Drugs
96(1)
Urbanization
97(1)
Photo Essay Urbanization in North America
98(1)
Farmland and Urban Sprawl
99(1)
Smart Growth and Livability
99(1)
Housing Segregation, Redlining, and Gentrif ication
100(1)
Population, Gender, and Culture
100(1)
Gender and Fertility
101(1)
Aging in North America
101(1)
Dilemmas of Aging
101(1)
Population Distribution
101(1)
The Geography of Population Change in North America
101(1)
Photo Essay Population, Gender, and Culture in North America
102(2)
Cultural Issues
104(3)
Immigration and Diversity
104(1)
Why Do People Decide to Immigrate to North America?
105(1)
Do New Immigrants Cost U.S. Taxpayers Too Much Money?
106(1)
Do Immigrants Take Jobs Away from U.S. Citizens?
106(1)
Are Too Many Immigrants Being Admitted to the United States?
107(1)
Illegal Immigrant Children
107(1)
Race and Ethnicity in North America
107(2)
A Backlash Against Growing Diversity
107(2)
Income Discrepancies and the Culture of Poverty
109(1)
Race and Law Enforcement in the Spotlight
109(1)
Religion
109(2)
The Geography of Christian Subgroups
110(1)
The Relationship Between Religion and Politics
110(1)
The American Family
111(1)
The Nuclear Family Becomes a Shaky Norm
111(1)
The Current Diversity of North American Family Types
111(1)
Subregions of North America
111(1)
New England and the Atlantic Provinces
112(2)
The Past Lives in the Present
112(1)
Strong and Diverse Human Resources
113(1)
Quebec
114(1)
Origins of French Settlement
114(1)
The Quiet Revolution
115(1)
The Old Economic Core
115(1)
Loss of Economic Dominance
115(1)
The Impact of the Economic Decline on People
115(1)
The American South (The Southeast)
116(2)
Multiple Images Characterize the South
117(1)
Poverty Persists for Some, but Return Black Migration Is a Boon
117(1)
The Great Plains Breadbasket
118(3)
Adapting to the Challenges of the Great Plains
118(1)
Globalization Impacts in the Great Plains
119(1)
Changing Population Patterns and Land Use in the Great Plains
120(1)
Connecting Bees, Global Corn, the Northern Plains, and Almond Groves in California
120(1)
The Continental Interior
121(1)
Four Physical Zones
121(1)
Native Americans and Aboriginal Peoples
122(1)
Nonindigenous Inhabitants 122 `Federal Lands'
122(1)
The Pacific Northwest
122(2)
Older Extractive Industries
123(1)
Newer IT Industries
123(1)
Southern California and the Southwest
124(5)
Agriculture, Energy, Transportation, and Information Service Industries
124(1)
Water: Scarcities and Disparities of Access
125(1)
Cultural and Economic Interests Shared with Mexico
125(1)
Contentious Border Issues
126(3)
Chapter 3 Middle and South America
129(62)
What Makes Middle and South America a Region?
132(1)
Terms in This
Chapter
132(1)
Environment: Physical and Human
133(1)
Landforms
133(2)
Highlands
133(1)
Lowlands
134(1)
Climate
135(2)
Temperature-Altitude Zones
135(1)
El Nino
135(1)
Hurricanes
135(2)
Environment
137(3)
Tropical Forests, Climate Change, and Globalization
138(1)
The Water Management Crisis
138(2)
Photo Essay Vulnerability to Climate Change in Middle and South America
140(2)
Integrating Environmental Protection with Economic Development: Ecotourism
141(1)
Human Patterns over Time
142(6)
The Peopling of Middle and South America
142(1)
European Conquest
143(1)
A Global Exchange of Crops and Animals
144(1)
The Independence Era
144(1)
The Legacy of Resource Extraction: Inequality and Instability
144(4)
Globalization and Development
148(1)
Neoliberalism and Socialism
148(3)
Era of Socialistic Import Substitution Industrialization
149(1)
Era of Neoliberalism and Structural Adjustment
149(2)
Photo Essay Globalization and Development in Middle and South America
151(1)
Persistent Inequality
152(1)
China's Rising Influence
152(1)
Regional Trade Agreements
153(1)
Export Processing Zones
153(1)
Migration and Remittances
153(1)
The Informal Economy
154(1)
Rapid Regional Expansion of Internet Use
154(1)
Food Production and Development
154(3)
Power and Politics
157(1)
Foreign Involvement in the Region's Politics
157(1)
Revolutionary Movements
157(1)
Photo Essay Power and Politics in Middle and South America
158(1)
Cuba
159(1)
The Zapatista Rebellion
159(1)
Brazil's Landless Movement
159(1)
The Drug Trade, Conflict, and Legalization
159(2)
Urbanization
161(1)
Rural-to-Urban Migration
161(1)
Gender and Rural---Urban Migration
161(1)
Inadequate Urban Planning
161(1)
Photo Essay Urbanization in Middle and South America
162(2)
Elite Landscapes
164(1)
Urban Transportation
164(1)
Population, Gender, and Culture
164(1)
Population Trends
164(1)
Population Distribution
165(2)
Gender
167(1)
LGBTQ Issues
167(1)
Culture
167(1)
Photo Essay Population, Gender, and Culture in Middle and South America
168(3)
Race and Skin Color
169(1)
Religion in Contemporary Life
170(1)
Subregions of Middle and South America
171(1)
The Caribbean
171(3)
Political, Social, and Economic Change
171(1)
Cuba and Puerto Rico Compared
172(1)
Haiti and Barbados Compared
173(1)
Mexico
174(2)
Formal and Informal Economies
174(1)
Geographic Distribution of Economic Sectors
174(1)
Migration from the Mexican Perspective
175(1)
Central America
176(3)
Social and Economic Conditions
176(1)
The Exceptions: Costa Rica and Panama
176(2)
Decades of Civil Conflict
178(1)
CAFTA and Migration to the United States
178(1)
Nicaragua's Conflicts
178(1)
The Northern Andes and Caribbean Coast of South America
179(2)
The Guianas
180(1)
Venezuela
180(1)
Colombia
180(1)
The Central Andes
181(2)
Settlement Patterns
181(1)
Climate Change, Water, and Development Issues
182(1)
Agricultural Restoration in the Peruvian Highlands
182(1)
Neoliberalism and Socialism in Recent Decades
182(1)
The Southern Cone
183(2)
The Economies of the Southern Cone
183(1)
Buenos Aires: A Primate City
184(1)
Brazil
185(6)
Brazil's Size and Varied Topography
185(1)
Managing Brazil's Large and Varied Economy
185(1)
Agriculture, Activism, and the Amazon
185(1)
Urbanization
186(5)
Chapter 4 Europe
191(66)
What Makes Europe a Region?
193(1)
Terms in This
Chapter
193(1)
Environment: Physical and Human
194(1)
Physical Geography
194(2)
Landforms
194(1)
Vegetation and Climate
195(1)
Environment
196(3)
Europe's Vulnerability to Climate Change
198(1)
Europe Leads the Response to Global Climate Change
198(1)
Europe's Everyday Green Behavior
198(1)
Transportation Impacts on Europe's Environment
198(1)
Photo Essay Vulnerability to Climate Change in Europe
199(11)
Europe's Energy Issues
201(1)
Air Pollution
202(1)
Freshwater and Seawater Pollution
202(1)
Human Patterns over Time
202(1)
Sources of European Culture
203(1)
The Inequalities of Feudalism
204(1)
Early Urbanization Transformed Europe
204(2)
The Age of Exploration: Europe Goes Global
206(1)
Revolutions in Industry and Politics
207(1)
Political Awakening
207(1)
The Impact of Communism
207(1)
Two World Wars Affect Europe's Stance Globally
208(1)
The Cold War
208(1)
Decolonization
209(1)
The Birth of the European Union
209(1)
Globalization and Development
210(1)
Economic Comparisons of the EU and the United States
211(1)
Economic Integration and a Common Currency
211(2)
Photo Essay Globalization and Development in Europe
213(1)
The Euro and Debt Crises
214(1)
Food Production for the European Union and the World
214(1)
The Common Agricultural Program (CAP)
214(1)
The Growth of Corporate Agriculture and Food Marketing
215(1)
The Wide Reach of Europe's Environmental Impact
216(1)
Power and Politics
217(1)
Popular Democracy and Nationalism
217(1)
The Politics of EU Expansion
217(1)
Photo Essay Power and Politics in Europe
218(2)
Postcolonial Tribulations in Europe
220(1)
EU Governing Institutions
220(1)
NATO and the European Union as Global Peacemakers
221(1)
The Future of the European Union
221(1)
Urbanization
222(1)
Europe's Growing Service Economies
222(1)
Photo Essay Urbanization in Europe
223(1)
Population, Gender, and Culture
224(1)
Europe's Rapidly Aging Population
224(2)
Active Aging
226(1)
Migrants, Refugees, and Borders: Needs and Fears
226(3)
The Rules for Assimilation in Europe
229(1)
Changing Gender Roles in Europe
230(2)
The Gender Pay Gap and Double Day
231(1)
Influence of Women on Policy Formation
231(1)
Social Protection Systems: Goals and Outcomes
232(1)
Photo Essay Population, Gender, and Culture in Europe
233(2)
Social Protection, Social Cohesion, and Migrants in Europe
235(1)
Human Well-Being in Europe
235(1)
The Subregions of Europe
236(1)
West Europe
236(6)
Benelux
236(1)
France
236(3)
Germany
239(1)
The British Isles
240(2)
South Europe
242(4)
Spain and Portugal
243(1)
Italy
244(1)
Greece
245(1)
North Europe
246(3)
Scandinavia
247(1)
The Baltic States
248(1)
Central Europe
249(8)
A Time of Troubles in Southeastern Europe
249(2)
Transitions in Agriculture, Industry, and Society
251(1)
Progress in Market Reform
252(5)
Chapter 5 Russia and the Post-Soviet States
257(48)
What Makes Russia and the Post-Soviet States a Region?
260(1)
Terms in This
Chapter
260(1)
Environment: Physical and Human
261(1)
Landforms
261(1)
Climate and Vegetation
261(2)
Environment
263(3)
Nuclear Power and Pollution
264(1)
Resource Use and the Environment
264(2)
Climate Change
266(1)
Human Patterns over Time
266(1)
The Rise of the Russian Empire
266(1)
Photo Essay Vulnerability to Climate Change in Russia and the Post-Soviet States
267(5)
The Communist Revolution and Its Aftermath
269(1)
The Stalin Era
270(1)
World War II and the Cold War
271(1)
Globalization and Development
272(1)
Oil and Gas Development: Fueling Globalization
272(2)
Russia, BRICS, and the Global Economy
274(1)
Institutionalized Corruption
274(1)
Patterns of Work
274(1)
The Informal Economy
275(1)
Geographic Patterns of Human Well-Being
275(1)
Photo Essay Globalization and Development in Russia and the Post-Soviet States
276(1)
Food Production in the Post-Soviet Era
277(1)
Changing Agricultural Production
277(1)
Power and Politics
278(1)
Crisis in Ukraine
278(1)
Photo Essay Power and Politics in Russia and the Post-Soviet States
279(1)
Cultural Diversity and Russian Domination
280(1)
The Conflict in Chechnya
281(1)
The Conflict in Georgia
282(1)
The Media Landscape
282(1)
Urbanization
283(1)
Urban Legacies of Soviet Regional Economic Development
283(1)
Urban Central Asia and Caucasia
283(1)
Photo Essay Urbanization in Russia and the Post-Soviet States
284(2)
Population, Gender, and Culture
286(1)
Life Expectancy and Population Structure
286(1)
Population Distribution
287(1)
Sociocultural Issues
288(3)
Gender: Challenges and Opportunities
288(2)
Religious and Nationalist Resurgence
290(1)
Photo Essay Population, Gender, and Culture in Russia and the Post-Soviet States
291(1)
Subregions of Russia and the Post-Soviet States
292(1)
Russia
293(4)
European Russia
293(2)
Central Siberia
295(1)
The Russian Far East
296(1)
Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova
297(2)
Belarus
298(1)
Moldova and Ukraine
298(1)
Caucasia: Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
299(1)
The Central Asian States
300(5)
Physical Setting
301(1)
Past and Present in Central Asia
301(4)
Chapter 6 North Africa and Southwest Asia
305(60)
What Makes North Africa and Southwest Asia a Region?
307(1)
Terms in This
Chapter
308(1)
Environment: Physical and Human
309(1)
Climate
309(1)
Landforms and Vegetation
309(1)
Environment
309(5)
An Ancient Heritage of Water Conservation
311(1)
Water and Food Production
311(2)
Vulnerability to Climate Change
313(1)
Photo Essay Vulnerability to Climate Change in North Africa and Southwest Asia
314(2)
Human Patterns over Time
316(8)
Agriculture and the Development of Civilization
316(1)
The Coming of Monotheism: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
317(4)
Western Domination and State Formation
321(3)
Globalization and Development
324(1)
Fossil Fuel Exports and Development
324(3)
Photo Essay Globalization and Development in North Africa and Southwest Asia
327(1)
Economic Diversification and Growth
328(1)
Power and Politics
328(1)
The Arab Spring and Beyond
328(3)
Different Paths Toward Reform
329(1)
Islamism in a Globalizing World
330(1)
The Iranian Theocracy
331(1)
The Role of Media and the Internet in Political Change
331(1)
Photo Essay Power and Politics in North Africa and Southwest Asia
332(2)
Democratization and Women
334(1)
Four Geopolitical Situations in the Region
334(5)
Situation 1: Israel and Palestine
334(4)
Situation 2: Iraq
338(1)
Situation 3: Syria
338(1)
Situation 4: The Sunni-Shi'ite Rivalry
339(1)
Urbanization
339(1)
Urban Migration
340(1)
Photo Essay Urbanization in North Africa and Southwest Asia
341(1)
Population, Gender, and Culture
342(1)
Population Distribution
343(1)
Sociocultural Issues
343(2)
Families and Gender
343(1)
Gender Roles and Gendered Spaces
344(1)
Photo Essay Population, Gender, and Culture in North Africa and Southwest Asia
345(4)
The Rights of Women
346(2)
The Lives of Children
348(1)
Subregions of North Africa and Southwest Asia
349(1)
The Maghreb
349(3)
The Berber-Arab Cultural Mix
350(1)
Violence in Algeria
350(1)
Trouble in Western Sahara
351(1)
The Nile: Sudan and Egypt
352(2)
Sudan
352(1)
Egypt
353(1)
The Arabian Peninsula
354(3)
Wealth in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States
354(2)
Changes in Attitudes Toward Work in the Gulf States
356(1)
Yemen: History, Poverty, and Conflict
356(1)
The Eastern Mediterranean
357(1)
The Northeast
358(7)
Turkey
358(2)
Iran
360(1)
Iraq
361(4)
Chapter 7 Sub-Saharan Africa
365(60)
What Makes Sub-Saharan Africa a Region?
367(1)
Terms in This
Chapter
368(1)
Environment: Physical and Human
368(1)
Landforms and Rivers
369(1)
Climate and Vegetation
370(2)
Environment
372(4)
Deforestation and Climate Change
372(1)
Alternatives to Deforestation
372(1)
Agriculture and Climate Change
373(2)
Water and Climate Change
375(1)
Photo Essay Vulnerability to Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa
376(3)
Wildlife and Climate Change
378(1)
Human Patterns over Time
379(7)
The Peopling of Africa and Beyond
379(1)
Early Agriculture, Industry, and Trade in Africa
379(3)
From European Companies to African Colonies
382(3)
Power and Wealth in the Aftermath of Independence
385(1)
Globalization and Development
386(1)
Successive Eras of Globalization
386(2)
The Colonial Exploitation Era
386(1)
The Era of Debt Accumulation and Structural Adjustment
387(1)
Photo Essay Globalization and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
388(3)
The Current Era of Diverse Globalization
390(1)
Regional Economic Development
391(1)
Local Economic Development
392(2)
Transportation Needs
392(1)
Energy Needs
393(1)
Power and Politics
394(1)
Corruption, Authoritarianism, and Weak States
394(1)
The Case of Congo (Kinshasa)
395(1)
The Role of Geopolitics
395(1)
Photo Essay Power and Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa
396(2)
Radical Islamism in the Sahel
398(1)
Conflict and Refugees
398(1)
Successes and Failures of Democratization
398(1)
Gender, Power, and Politics
399(1)
Urbanization
399(1)
Recent Rapid Urban Growth
399(1)
Causes and Consequences of Unplanned Urban Growth
399(1)
Photo Essay Urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa
400(2)
The Scarcity of Clean Water in Sub-Saharan Cities
402(1)
Sachet Water: Effective Urban Adaptation or Plastic Plague?
402(1)
Food Security in Urban Areas
402(1)
Population, Gender, and Culture
402(1)
Population Growth
403(2)
Population Growth in Nigeria and South Africa Compared
404(1)
Migration
404(1)
Population and Public Health
405(1)
HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
405(1)
HIV and Gender
406(1)
HIV/AIDS Education
406(1)
Gender Issues
406(2)
Female Genital Mutilation
406(1)
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights
407(1)
Photo Essay Population, Gender, and Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa
408(1)
Culture: Religion
409(1)
Indigenous Belief Systems
409(1)
Islam and Christianity
409(1)
Culture: Ethnicity and Language
410(1)
Subregions of Sub-Saharan Africa
411(1)
West Africa
412(1)
Horizontal Zones of Physical and Cultural Difference
412(1)
Regional Conflict in Coastal West Africa
413(1)
Central Africa
413(2)
Wet Forests and Dry Savannas
413(1)
A Colonial Heritage of Violence
414(1)
Postcolonial Exploitation
414(1)
East Africa
415(4)
Conflict in the Horn of Africa
415(2)
Mixed Farming in the Interior Valleys and Uplands
417(1)
Coastal Lowlands
417(1)
Contested Space in Kenya and Tanzania
417(1)
The Islands
418(1)
Southern Africa
419(6)
Large-Scale European Settlement
419(1)
Commodity Dependence
420(1)
Food Insecurity in Southern Africa
421(1)
Reasons for Optimism in Southern Africa
421(4)
Chapter 8 South Asia
425(60)
What Makes South Asia a Region?
427(1)
Terms in This
Chapter
427(1)
Environment: Physical and Human
428(1)
Landforms
429(1)
Climate and Vegetation
430(1)
Environment
431(3)
Vulnerability and Resilience to Climate Change
431(3)
Photo Essay Vulnerability to Climate Change in South Asia
434(6)
Contributions to Climate Change
437(1)
Air Pollution
437(1)
Solar and Wind Power Generation
438(1)
Electric Vehicles
438(1)
Resistance to Deforestation
439(1)
Protected Areas
439(1)
Human Patterns over Time
440(7)
The Indus Valley Civilization
440(1)
Wealth, Invasions, and Trade
441(1)
Language and Ethnicity
442(1)
Religious Traditions
442(3)
British Colonial Rule and Its Legacies
445(1)
Independence and Partition
446(1)
The Postindependence Period
447(1)
Globalization and Development
447(1)
From Self-Sufficiency to Globalization
448(1)
Central Planning and Self-Sufficiency
448(1)
Economic Reforms
448(1)
Economic Growth in India
448(2)
Incomes and Human Development Across Indian Society
449(1)
Outsourcing and the Middle Class
450(1)
Rural Economic Development
450(1)
The Green Revolution
450(1)
Hunger and Malnutrition
450(1)
Farm Size and Income
450(1)
Photo Essay Globalization and Development in South Asia
451(1)
Growth in the Rural Nonfarm Economy
452(1)
Microcredit: A South Asian Innovation for the Poor
452(2)
Power and Politics
454(1)
Religious Nationalism
454(1)
Photo Essay Power and Politics in South Asia
455(1)
Caste and Politics
456(1)
Movements Against Government Inefficiency and Corruption
456(1)
Regional Conflicts
457(1)
Conflict in Kashmir
457(1)
War and Reconstruction in Afghanistan
457(1)
Nepal's Rebels
458(1)
Urbanization
458(1)
Photo Essay Urbanization in South Asia
459(1)
Urban Disparities in Mumbai
460(1)
Solutions for Some Problems Faced by Slum Dwellers
460(1)
Addresses
460(1)
Services
460(1)
Information
460(1)
Risks to Children in Cities
460(1)
Risks to Adults in Cities
461(1)
The Urban Village
461(1)
Population, Gender, and Culture
462(1)
Population
462(3)
Slowing Population Growth, Health Care, and Urbanization
463(1)
Slowing Population Growth and Gender
463(1)
Population Pyramids
463(1)
Sex Ratio Imbalance
464(1)
Cultural Issues
465(3)
The Texture of Village Life
465(1)
Social Patterns in the Status of Women
465(3)
Gender, Politics, and Power
468(1)
Women and the Taliban in Afghanistan
468(1)
Photo Essay Population, Gender, and Culture in South Asia
469(2)
LGBTQ Issues in South Asia
470(1)
SUBREGIONS OF SOUTH ASIA
471(1)
Afghanistan and Pakistan
471(3)
Afghanistan
472(1)
Pakistan
472(2)
Himalayan Country
474(1)
Northwest India
475(2)
Rajasthan
475(1)
Punjab and Haryana
475(1)
Delhi
476(1)
Uttar Pradesh
477(1)
Northeastern South Asia
477(2)
The Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta
477(1)
West Bengal
477(1)
Kolkata
477(1)
Far Eastern India
478(1)
Bangladesh
479(1)
Central India
479(2)
South India and Sri Lanka
481(4)
Economic Growth in Bangalore and Chennai
481(1)
Kerala
482(1)
Sri Lanka
482(1)
Sri Lanka's Civil War
482(3)
Chapter 9 East Asia
485(66)
What Makes East Asia a Region?
487(1)
Terms in This
Chapter
487(1)
Environment: Physical and Human
488(1)
Landforms
488(1)
Climate
488(2)
The Dry Interior
488(2)
The Monsoon East
490(1)
Natural Hazards
490(1)
Environment
490(2)
Water Shortages
490(1)
Flooding in China
491(1)
Photo Essay Vulnerability to Climate Change in East Asia
492(2)
Natural Hazards and Energy Vulnerability
494(1)
Food and Sustainability
494(2)
Food Production
494(1)
Rice Cultivation
494(2)
Fisheries and Globalization
496(1)
People and Animals
496(1)
Three Gorges Dam: The Power of Water
496(1)
Air Pollution: Choking on Success
497(2)
Air Quality Elsewhere in East Asia
498(1)
Human Patterns over Time
499(6)
Imperial China
499(1)
Confucianism and East Asian Culture
500(2)
Why Did China Not Colonize an Overseas Empire?
502(1)
European and Japanese Imperialism
502(1)
China's Turbulent Twentieth Century
502(1)
Japan Becomes a World Leader
503(1)
Chinese and Japanese Influences on Korea, Taiwan, and Mongolia
504(1)
Globalization and Development
505(1)
Photo Essay Globalization and Development
506(2)
The Japanese Miracle
508(1)
Japan Rises from the Ashes
508(1)
Productivity Innovations in Japan
508(1)
Mainland Economies: Communists in Command
508(1)
The Commune System
508(1)
Focus on Heavy Industry
509(1)
Struggles with Regional Disparity
509(1)
Economic Reforms in China
509(1)
East Asia's Role as Mega-Financier
510(1)
Power and Politics
511(1)
Japan's Political Shifts
511(1)
Photo Essay Power and Politics in East Asia
512(2)
Political Change in China?
514(2)
Information Technology and Political Freedom
514(1)
Protests and Political Freedom
514(2)
Geopolitics of the Sea
516(1)
Urbanization
516(1)
Spatial Disparities
517(1)
International Trade and Investment
517(1)
Transportation Improvements in China
517(1)
Economic Transitions
517(1)
Photo Essay Urbanization in East Asia
518(3)
Hong Kong's Special Role
521(1)
Shanghai's Latest Transformation
521(1)
Population, Gender, and Culture
522(1)
Responding to an Aging Population
522(2)
Japan's Options
522(1)
Chinas Options
523(1)
The Legacies of China's One-Child Policy
524(1)
Gender Imbalance and the Cultural Preference for Sons
524(1)
A Shortage of Brides
524(1)
Population Distribution
524(1)
Photo Essay Population, Gender, and Culture in East Asia
525(1)
Sociocultural Issues
526(4)
Western China's Muslims
527(1)
The Tibetans
528(1)
Indigenous Diversity in Southern China
529(1)
Taiwan's Many Minorities
529(1)
The Ainu in Japan
529(1)
East Asia's Most Influential Cultural Export: The Overseas Chinese
529(1)
Subregions of East Asia
530(1)
China's Northeast
530(3)
The Loess Plateau
531(1)
The North China Plain
532(1)
China's Far Northeast
532(1)
Beijing and Tianjin
533(1)
Central China
533(2)
Sichuan Province
533(1)
The Central and Coastal Plains
534(1)
Southern China
535(2)
The Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau
536(1)
The Southeastern Coast
536(1)
Hong Kong
537(1)
Macao
537(1)
Far North and West China
537(2)
Xinjiang
537(2)
The Plateau of Tibet
539(1)
Mongolia
539(2)
The Communist Era in Mongolia
540(1)
Postcommunist Boom and Bust
540(1)
Gender Roles in Mongolia
541(1)
Korea, North and South
541(3)
Contrasting Political Systems
542(1)
Contrasting Economies
543(1)
Japan
544(3)
A Wide Geographic Spectrum
544(1)
The Challenge of Living Well on Limited Resources
544(2)
Japan's Culture of Contrasts
546(1)
Working in Japan
546(1)
Taiwan
547(4)
Chapter 10 Southeast Asia
551(62)
What Makes Southeast Asia a Region?
553(1)
Terms in This
Chapter
553(2)
Environment: Physical and Human
555(1)
Landforms
555(2)
Climate and Vegetation
557(2)
Deforestation and Climate Change
559(2)
Food Production and Climate Change
561(2)
Shifting Cultivation
562(1)
Wet Rice Cultivation
563(1)
Commercial Agriculture
563(1)
Water and Climate Change
563(1)
Photo Essay Vulnerability to Climate Change in Southeast Asia
564(2)
Melting Glaciers and Increased Evaporation
566(1)
Coral Reef Bleaching
566(1)
Storm Surges and Flooding
566(1)
Responses to Climate Change in the Mekong River System
566(1)
The Effects of Hydroelectric Dams
567(1)
Human Patterns over Time
567(1)
The Peopling of Southeast Asia
568(1)
Diverse Cultural Influences
568(2)
Religious Legacies
568(1)
European Colonization
568(2)
Struggles for Independence Aided by World War II
570(2)
The Vietnam War
570(1)
The "Killing Fields" in Cambodia
571(1)
Globalization and Development
572(1)
Borrowed Ideas for Economic Growth
572(1)
Working Conditions
572(1)
Export Processing Zones
573(1)
The Feminization of Labor
573(1)
Growth of the Service Sector
573(1)
Economic Crises and Recovery: The Perils of Globalization
573(1)
Photo Essay Globalization and Development in Southeast Asia
574(2)
The IMF Bailout and Its Aftermath
576(1)
The Impact of China's Growth
576(1)
Global Recessions from 2007 to the Present
576(1)
Regional Trade, ASEAN, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
576(3)
Regional and Global Integration
576(1)
Regional Inequalities
577(1)
Piracy on the High Seas
577(1)
Tourism and Development
578(1)
Power and Politics
579(1)
Southeast Asia's Authoritarian Tendencies
579(1)
Photo Essay Power and Politics in Southeast Asia
580(2)
China's Soft Power Brings Worries and Militarism
582(1)
Will Expansion of Political Freedoms Bring Peace to Indonesia?
583(1)
Terrorism, Politics, and Economic Issues
584(1)
Urbanization
584(1)
The Forces of Change
584(1)
Emigration Related to Urbanization and Globalization
585(1)
The Merchant Marine
585(1)
The Maid Trade
585(1)
Photo Essay Urbanization in Southeast Asia
586(2)
Population, Gender, and Culture
588(1)
Population Dynamics
588(3)
Population Pyramids
591(1)
Gender Roles in Southeast Asia
591(2)
Family Organization, Traditional and Modern
591(1)
Political and Economic Empowerment of Women
592(1)
LGBTQ Rights in Southeast Asia: Thailand and Vietnam
592(1)
Globalization and Gender: The Sex Industry
592(1)
Southeast Asia's Encounter with HIV/AIDS
593(1)
Sociocultural Issues
593(1)
Cultural and Religious Pluralism
593(1)
Photo Essay Population, Gender, and Culture in Southeast Asia
594(5)
Globalization Brings Cultural Diversity but Also Homogeneity
598(1)
Subregions of Southeast Asia
599(1)
Mainland Southeast Asia: Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand
599(3)
Myanmar (Burma)
601(1)
Thailand
602(1)
Mainland Southeast Asia: Lao, Cambodia, and Vietnam
602(2)
Island and Peninsular Southeast Asia: Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore
604(3)
Malaysia
604(2)
Brunei
606(1)
Singapore
606(1)
Indonesia and Timor-Leste
607(1)
The Philippines
608(5)
Population, Urbanization, and Disaffection
608(1)
Cultural and Economic Disparities
609(1)
Filipinos Envision a Better Future
610(3)
Chapter 11 Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific
613(46)
What Makes Oceania a Region?
615(1)
Terms in This
Chapter
615(1)
Environment: Physical and Human
616(1)
Landforms: Continent Formation
616(1)
Landforms: Island Formation
617(1)
Climate
618(3)
Moisture, Air Movement, and Rainfall
618(2)
El Nino
620(1)
Fauna and Flora
621(1)
Animal and Plant Life in Australia
621(1)
Animal and Plant Life in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands
621(1)
Climate Change in Oceania
622(1)
Sea Level Rise and Storm Surges
622(1)
Wildfires and Other Water-Related Vulnerabilities
622(1)
Coral Bleaching
623(1)
Responses to Potential Climate Change Crises
623(1)
Invasive Species and Food Production
623(1)
Australia
623(1)
Photo Essay Vulnerability to Climate Change in Oceania
624(3)
New Zealand
626(1)
Environmental Awareness in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands
627(1)
Globalization and Environmental Damage
628(2)
Mining in Papua New Guinea and Nauru
628(1)
Nuclear Pollution
628(1)
The Great Pacific Garbage Island
629(1)
The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
630(1)
Human Patterns over Time
630(4)
The Peopling of Oceania
630(2)
The Saga of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
632(1)
Early Contact Between Pacific Peoples and the Americas
632(1)
Arrival of the Europeans in the Pacific
632(1)
The Colonization of Australia and New Zealand
633(1)
Oceania's Shifting Global Relationships
634(1)
Globalization and Development
634(1)
Oceania's New Asian Orientation
634(1)
Asia's Economic Development "Miracle" Stresses Australia and New Zealand
635(1)
Maintaining Raw Materials Exports as Service Economies Develop
636(1)
Economic Change in the Pacific Islands
636(1)
Photo Essay Globalization and Development in Oceania
637(1)
Subsistence Affluence Practices Could Go Global
638(1)
Patterns of Human Weil-Being
638(1)
The Advantages and Stresses of Tourism
638(1)
Conflict over Tourism in Hawaii
638(1)
Sustainable Tourism
639(1)
The Future: Diverse Global Orientations
639(1)
Power and Politics
640(1)
Parliamentary System in Australia and New Zealand
640(1)
The Pacific Way in the Islands
640(1)
The Pacific Way in Fiji
640(1)
The Value of the Pacific Way to Grassroots Sustainability
641(1)
The Challenge of Migrants and Refugees
641(1)
Photo Essay Power and Politics in Oceania
642(1)
Urbanization
643(1)
Photo Essay Urbanization in Oceania
644(2)
Population, Gender, and Culture
646(1)
Population Numbers and Densities
646(1)
Contrasting Population and Gender Patterns
646(2)
Photo Essay Gender, Population, and Culture in Oceania
648(2)
Gender Pay Gaps
649(1)
Sociocultural Issues
650(9)
Ethnic Roots Reexamined
650(2)
Gender Myths and Realities
652(1)
Forging Unity in Oceania
653(6)
EPILOGUE 1 Polar Regions
659(10)
What Makes the Arctic and Antarctic Regions?
661(1)
Environment: Physical and Human
661(1)
Physical Geography
661(1)
Climate and Vegetation
661(1)
Environmental Issues
661(2)
Polar Melting and Sea Level Rise
662(1)
Methane and Permafrost
662(1)
New Protected Areas
662(1)
Globalization and Development
663(1)
Power and Politics
664(1)
Urbanization
665(1)
Population, Gender, and Culture
665(1)
Gender Imbalance
666(1)
Indigenous Peoples and Cultural Survival
666(3)
EPILOGUE 2 Space
669(1)
What Makes Outer Space a Region?
670(1)
Environment: Physical and Human
670(1)
Space Weather
670(1)
Environmental Issues
671(1)
Environmental Hazards from Space
671(1)
Environmental Benefits of Satellites
672(1)
Globalization and Development
672(1)
The Satellite Economy
672(1)
The Impacts of Satellites in Rural Areas
673(1)
Space Launches
673(1)
Manufacturing in Space
674(1)
Mining in Space
674(1)
Power and Politics
674(1)
Space and the Law
674(1)
The Militarization of Space
675(1)
Urbanization
675(1)
The International Space Station
675(1)
Human Settlements Beyond Earth's Orbit
675(1)
Remote Sensing of Urban Areas
676(1)
Population, Gender, and Culture
676(1)
Fertility in Space
677(1)
Using Satellites to Study Population
677(1)
Gender in Space
677(1)
Cultural Issues
677(1)
What Will Space Exploration Do to Life on Earth?
677(1)
Is Exploration Beyond Geospace Wise?
678
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