GEO 110:
WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY

GEOGRAPHY-GEOLOGY HOMEPAGE

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If you are enrolled in GEO 110, you will need to visit the //HyperTextBook// for the course using your password (link immediately below) -- the //HyperTextBook// contains all the additional readings etc. you will need for the course.

This page contains some basic information and general information links for anyone who cares to use it.  The coverage by topic on this page is not very even, but reflects the interest and emphases of the course.

GENERAL LINKS

The Demographic Transition:

1. Here are reference materials on the demographic transition you should read in conjunction with lecture: The Demographic Transition.
2. Here is a copy of an article ("Sen's article") on coercion and population control.
3. Barry Commoner's article, "How poverty breeds overpopulation (and not the other way around)"
4. Comparison of fertility rates in China and India
5. The AIDS Crisis (PBS Newshour)

Development Issues:

1. UNICEF Publications (incl. State of the World's Children)
2. Progress towards international development goals
3. WRI "World Resources 98-99"
4. WRI "World Resources 96-97"

World News:

• BBC World Service
• The Earth Times (virtual newspaper)

Some data sites:

• Cultural information on many countries and regions
• Languages of the world
• CIA World Fact Book
• Vital statistics on countries
• US Census Bureau International Data Base Summary Demographic Data.
• US Census Bureau International Data Base Population Pyramids.

SPECIFIC REGIONS

MIDDLE EAST

 
Snow on the Golan Heights

• The Encyclopedia of the Orient
• BBC's "Crossing the Continents" Series: Middle East programmes
• ISLAM:
  • Minnesota Public Radio: The Spirit of Islam (need Realplayer)
  • Islam (BBC Radio Series -- comprehensive, authoritative -- needs RealAudio Player, but includes other links)
  • PBS: Islam, Empire of Faith
  • FRONTLINE: "Muslims" (an excellent source)
  • "Notes on Islam"
  • Understanding Islam
  • "About Islam" (an excellent guide)
  • The Geography of Islam
  • Glossary of Islamic terms and concepts
  • The Hajj in pictures (BBC News)
  • Moslem Women's Home Page
• THE QUR'AN:
  • "What is the Koran?" (Atlantic Monthly article)
  • The Quar'an with commentary
• SHARI'AH: "Muslims"
  • Islamic Law: Myths and Realities
  • The Islamic calendar
  • The Many Faces of Shariah
  • News: "A cautious welcome for Saudi women's rights"
• ISRAEL, JUDAISM:
  • Judaism
  • Secular vs. Orthodox Judaism in Israel (news story)
  • Israel at 50
  • "In the Islamic Mideast, Scant Place for Jews"
  • Religious rights for Jewish women:  Women at the Wailing Wall
• IRAN
  • The Shah and Persepolis
  • Reform in Iran
    • The Sullen Majority
    • Weblogs in Iran
• WATER ISSUES:
  • "Water Conflict in the Middle East"
  • Dam building in SE Turkey
  • "Turkish Dam Controversy"
  • "Turkey to dip into water market"
  • Dead Sea in danger
• The end of Iraq's Marsh Arabs
• Gaza: A land trapped by poverty
• Ski Iran!
• "Changing faces in Iran" (BBC's "Crossing the Continents Series)
• PBS "Frontline":  The Kurds
• PBS "Frontline":  The Survival of Saddam
• "Police turn back Berber protesters" (see other links on page)
• A report from Pakistan
• Middle East, Arab World 1, Arab World 2

ASIA

General

• BBC's "Crossing the Continents" Series: Asia programmes
• Asia
• The Earth Times Asia Section

Central Asia

• UNESCO, "Focus on Central Asia"

South Asia

• Hinduism (BBC Radio Series -- comprehensive, authoritative -- needs RealAudio Player, but includes other links)
• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Sikhism
  • Sikhism: Who are the Sikhs?
  • South Asia Picture Gallery: Sikhs renew their faith.
• The Geography of Hinduism
• NEWS STORIES:
  • "Untouchables" in southern India
  • Pakistan court upholds Islamic banking
• MAJOR TEXTS AND MYTHS:
  • The Rig Veda and the Upanishads
  • The Gita
  • The Ramayana
  • The Kumbh Mela Home Page: Hindu Pilgrimage in Contemporary India
• POPULATION ISSUES:
  • Population policy in India
  • The enigma of Kerala: "Bithrates, sex ratios, and female capabilities"
  • Kerala, poor but prosperous
• Gujarat's Global Connections (report on the ship-breaking industry of Gujarat)
• The life and death of Mahatma Gandhi
  • The lost legacy of Mahatma Gandhi
• The Narmada Dam controversy
• India 1, India 2
• South Asia

South East Asia

• South East Asia
• Buddhism (BBC Radio Series -- comprehensive, authoritative -- needs RealAudioPlayer, but inlcudes other links)
• The Geography of Buddhism
• Vietnam: A new Asian Tiger?
• Laos: Asia's forgotton jewel
• INDONESIA:
  • "Fragile Archipelago"  (video reading 1)
  • "Indonesia's flashpoints" (video reading 2)
  • Inter-ethnic strife in Indonesia'a capital
  • The Chinese in Indonesia
  • "Religious strife in Ambon" (ethnic unrest in Indonesia's islands)
  • East Timor -- special reports
  • Islam in Indonesia (BBC's "Crossing the Continents Series)

East Asia

• China
• "The People's Republic at 50: Special Report"
• "Can China feed itself?" (analysis)
• TAIWAN:
  • Taiwan backgrounder
  • "Dangerous straits" (China-Taiwan-US relations: PBS Frontline)
• SPRATLY ISLANDS DISPUTE:
  • Analysis of the Spratly Island Dispute
  • In depth analysis of Spratly dispute
  • The Sprately and Paracel Islands dispute -- update 9/2000

AFRICA

• PBS series, Wonders of the African World
• BBC's "Crossing the Continents" Series: Africa programmes
• EAST AFRICA/RWANDA GENOCIDE:
  • PBS "Frontline" story -- "Valentina's Nightmare"
  • "Masai hear the march of time."
  • US Court Allows Rwandan's Extradition  (for alleged genocide crime)
  • The massacre at Nyamata
  • Rwanda to sue UN  (for inaction over genocide)
  • UN admits Rwanda genocide failure
  • Genocide suspects executed
• WEST AFRICA:
  • Oil and poverty in the Niger River delta region
  • Special Report on Sierra Leone's Civil War
  • Nigeria: More divided than united?
  • Nigeria: A history of coups
  • Nigeria: Islamic Law takes hold in Kano state; also, Sharia adopted in Katsina.
  • Haitian Vodou
• AIDS IN AFRICA:
• The Demographic Impact of HIV/AIDS
  • The impact of HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe
  • AIDS in Africa
  • "AIDS Effect Like 'Black Death'"
  • Rising Death Rates Slow Population Growth Rates
• "Africa's potential water wars"
• African Studies (U.Penn.)
• Africa: The online intelligence project
• Africa South of the Sahara (Stanford)
• The Earth Times Africa Section

LATIN AMERICA

• BBC's "Crossing the Continents" Series: Americas programmes
• Smaller families to bring big change in Mexico
• "Disaster and disullusion in Nicaragua" (BBC's "Crossing the Continents Series)
• Brazil's "Racial Democracy"
• Landless protests in Brazil
• "US undermined Chile's democracy"

RUSSIA AND EASTERN EUROPE

• "Chill Winds of Change in Siberia" (BBC's "Crossing the Continents Series)
• A fresh start in Estonia (BBC's "Crossing the Continents Series)
• Kosovo: Roots of Conflict

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