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Chapter 11: East Asia
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Learning Objectives Examine regional variation in urban patterns and morphology within East Asia. Understand the ways in which philosophical beliefs both create coherence and diversity within the region. Consider the rapid change in the economies of East Asia during the 20th and 21st Centuries. Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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Key Concepts Regulatory Lakes Polluting Export Desertification
Anthropogenic Landscapes Central Place Theory Urban Primacy Superconurbation Ideographic Writing Confucianism Mandarins Geomancy Particularism Marxist Burakumin Autonomous Region Samurai “Spheres of Influence” Shogunate Special Economic Zones Laissez-Faire “Rust Belt” Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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Setting the Boundaries
Composed of China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea and Taiwan Historically unified culture Politically and ideologically divided Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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East Asia Figure 11.1 Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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Environmental Issues - Overview
Figure 11.2 Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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Environmental Issues (cont’d)
Figure 11.3—Three Gorges Figure 11.4—Flooding on North China Plain Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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Environmental Issues (cont’d)
Figures 11.5 and 11.6 Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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Physical Setting Figure 11.7
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Japan’s Physical Geography
Figure 11.9 Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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China’s Physical Geography
Figure 11.12 Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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Korea’s Physical Geography
Figure 11.14 Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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Climate Figure 11.8 Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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Population and Settlement
Figure 11.16 Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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Settlement Landscapes
Anthropogenic Landscapes Figure – Chinese loess settlement Figure 11.5 – Japanese urban farm Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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Cities of East Asia Central Place Theory - China Figure 11.18
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Urban Form Figure 11.19 Figure 11.2.1
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Japanese Urbanization
Superconurbations Figure 11.20 Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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Cultural Coherence and Diversity
Figure 11.21 Ancient Chinese civilization Religious and Philosophical Beliefs Buddhism Confucianism Writing System Ideographic writing Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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Linguistic Diversity Figure 11.24
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Religious Diversity Figure 11.22-Buddhist Landscape Mahayana Buddhism
Shinto Taoism Geomancy Particularism in religion Marxist influences Figure Mt. Fuji Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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Geopolitical Framework
Figure 11.28 Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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China’s Historical Evolution
Figure 11.29 Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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European “Spheres of Influence”
Figure 11.31 Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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Post WWII Geopolitics Figure 11.32 – Korean DMZ Figure 11.33—Tibet
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Economic Development Figure 11.35
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Economic Development—Japan
Boom and Bust Economy Intertwined corporate economies Tight connection between employers and employees High cost of living Figure 11.36 Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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Industrial Reform in China
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Figure 11.38 Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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Social and Regional Differentiation—China
Figure 11.39 Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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Social Development Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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Chinese Population Policy
Decline in Fertility Rates Slow RNI Gender imbalances in births Males favored over females Aging Population Figure 11.40 Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff
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