EVPP Amy Duray

Agenda Intended as a brief overview of why this course was developed and offered. Maps and Countries – limitations of political boundaries People and population trends Unique environments Economics and development

Population Information Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision. Dataset on CD-ROM. New York: United Nations. Available online at Accessed via World Resources Institue, Earthtrends Data Portal A.East Asia (China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, and Taiwan) one of the most populous regions of the world (Population in Thousands): Country Percent Growth China % Japan % Korea, Rep % Korea, Dem People's Rep % Hong Kong % Mongolia % Macau % Total %

Population Information Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision. Dataset on CD-ROM. New York: United Nations. Available online at Accessed via World Resources Institue, Earthtrends Data Portal B. Southeast Asia (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philipines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam) Country Percent Growth Indonesia % Philippines % Viet Nam % Thailand % Myanmar % Malaysia % Cambodia % Lao People's Dem Rep % Singapore % Timor-Leste % Brunei Darussalam % Total %

Regional Population Dynamics Increasing Urbanization, including the worlds’ largest cities Areas of increasing ethnic conflicts Exponentially growing issues associated with this population growth, such as waste management

Environment 29 World Heritage Sites: wcmc.org/protected_areas/world_heritage/Images/19.gifhttp:// wcmc.org/protected_areas/world_heritage/Images/19.gif Asia and the Pacific have approx. 50% of the world’s remaining mangrove forests Asia and the Pacific have approx. 72.5% of the world’s coral reefs (about 60% of which are thought to be endangered) High levels of endemism throughout the region, high threat to endangered species (see Table 6.5 p. 221 of GEO- 4) Continuing high levels of agricultural land conversion, deforestation

Economics 8 high-performing East Asian economies (HPAEs): Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Taiwan (China), and Thailand From 1965 to 1990 the 23 economies of East Asia grew faster than all other regions of the world (Chart is from derived from the report cited above) Initially, this was truly an economic miracle, with these same countries experiencing unprecedented levels of income equality as well as growth (except Taiwan and S. Korea) China is starting to catch up to the East Asian powerhouse economies. Growth in 2007 was 13%. Growth in 2008 was 9%, despite the slowing global economy. (GoogleNews)GoogleNews