A Comparative Geography Of China And The U.s.

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The book is the outcome of a unique venture: a team of Chinese geographers and a team of American geographers collaborated on a new Comparative Geography of China and the United States. The book meets a high demand for comparative information about China and the United States, as the home of the two leading economies in a globalizing world. Comparisons of the two countries include the similarities and differences in their physical environments and natural hazards, the growth and changing spatial distribution of population and ethnic groups in China and the U.S., traditions and contemporary regional expressions of agriculture and food production as well as the rapidly changing urban and industrial patterns in both countries. The book also highlights the two countries’ interconnectedness, in trade and in the exchange of cultural, social, scientific & technological information. The volume serves as a major resource in geographic education as it contributes to a better and more comprehensive understanding of the formation and development of the two countries’ basic geographical patterns and processes.

E-Book Information

• Series: GeoJournal Library 109

• Year: 2,014

• Edition: 1

• Pages: 387

• Pages In File: 397

• Language: English

• Topic: 34

• Identifier: 978-94-017-8791-8,978-94-017-8792-5

• Doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-8792-5

• Org File Size: 38,122,725

• Extension: pdf

• Tags: Human Geography Cities, Countries, Regions Natural Hazards Sustainable Development International and Comparative Education

• Toc: Front Matter....Pages i-xvIntroduction to A Comparative Geography of China and the U.S.....Pages 1-21Physical Geography of China and the U.S.....Pages 23-81Population/Ethnic Geographies of China and the U.S.....Pages 83-116Agriculture and Food Production in China and the U.S.....Pages 117-158Economic Geography....Pages 159-179International Trade Issues and Status for China and the U.S.....Pages 181-200Megaregions of China and the U.S.....Pages 201-255Regional Urban Economic Clusters....Pages 257-276Urbanization, Urban Form and Adaptation: A Comparison of Four U.S. and Chinese Cities....Pages 277-307The Main Agricultural Regions of China and the U.S.....Pages 309-351Research Cooperation between Chinese and American Geographers and its Significance in the Quest for Sustainable Development....Pages 353-376Epilogue....Pages 377-380Back Matter....Pages 381-387