1. Today
China
Scale & isolation
Physical environments
Agriculture

2. Exciting new joint UG degree program
At the National University of Singapore
A top 20 ranked university internationally
Language of instruction is English
Eligible UNC undergraduates
Economics, English literature, geography, history and political science
Can take 2-4 semesters of classes at NUS and earn diplomas from both universities.

3. UNC – NSU Program Starts next August!
UNC’s Study Abroad Office will hold a kickoff session
Wednesday, Mar 28, :00 pm
FedEx Global Education Center Auditorium
Featuring Singaporean fare, and an exciting cultural surprise!

4. 2nd Hourly Monday
Review session 7pm Sat 3/24, Saunders 220 OR 7:30 Pm Sun. 3/25
Votes?
(enter West door)
Exam covers
Latin America & Caribbean (Ch. 4-5)
SS Africa (Ch. 6)
N Africa & SW Asia (Ch. 7)
Europe (Ch. 8)

5. China: physical environment I
China – huge ~ US with Alaska
3 regions (1st 2 in Central Asia region)
“Outer” China
Himalaya mountains and Tibetan plateau to the Southwest
Gobi & Taklamakan deserts to the west and Northwest
“Inner” China
Isolated by mountains and deserts

8. China “proper” Physical Environment Climate China sub-regions
Northeast China Plain / Manchuria
The N. China Plain
Huang He river (formally Yellow)
Basins of the Chang Jiang (formally Yangtze) river
Tropical southern China
Environmental degradation and hazards

12. Manchuria

13. N China Plain

16. N China Plain

22. South China

26. Loess soils in the Guangzhong Basin http://www.greatmirror.com/
© Bret Wallach
Loess soils in the Guangzhong Basin

29. Chinese Agriculture Major issues Huge population Little arable area
Population is about 70% rural
Very, very intensive
4 Agricultural Regions
NE / Manchuria
North China Plain
South China
Western oases and arid-semiarid grazing

32. Wheat & other upland crops

33. Wetland Rice

35. © Bret Wallach
Guangzhong Basin

37. © Bret Wallach
Guangzhong Basin

38. © Bret Wallach
Guangzhong Basin

39. Guilin
© Bret Wallach

40. Guilin
© Bret Wallach

41. Yunnan Village: Hengdi
© Bret Wallach

43. Chinese agriculture II
Agriculture reform
Pre-Communist (pre-1949)
Communist changes
Current reforms
Nearly self sufficient despite 1.3 billion
Agriculture is very intensive
10 persons to feed per ha
Urban pops increasing and so is wealth => demand increasing faster than pop growth

44. © Peter Menzel
Rural Chinese family’s week’s food

45. Urban Chinese family’s week’s food

48. What world city since 1990 has built almost 3,000 buildings with 18 or more stories?
© Bret Wallach