A Comparative Geography of China and the U.S.

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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Hartmann, Rudi (Editor ), Wang, Jing'ai (Editor ), Ye, Tao (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:GeoJournal Library, 109
Temas:
Human geography.
Architecture.
Natural disasters.
Sustainability.
International education .
Comparative education.
Human Geography.
Cities, Countries, Regions.
Natural Hazards.
International and Comparative Education.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Editors
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to a Comparative Geography of China and the U.S.; Rudi Hartmann and Jing'ai Wang
  • Chapter 2: Physical Geography of China and the U.S.; Jing'ai Wang, Honglin Xiao, Rudi Hartmann and Yaojie Yue
  • Chapter 3: Population/ Ethnic Geographies of China and the U.S.; Lucius Hallet IV, Jing'ai Wang and Rudi Hartmann
  • Chapter 4: Agriculture and Food Production in China and the U.S.; Mark Leipnik, Yun Su, Robert Lane and Xinyue Ye
  • Chapter 5: Economic Geography; Hongmian Gong and Huasheng Zhu
  • Chapter 6: International Trade Issues and Status for China and the United States; Gregory Veeck and Yuejing Ge
  • Chapter 7: Megaregions of China and the U.S.; Russell M. Smith, Yuejing Ge, Rudi Hartmann, Xiaoping Dong and Yang Cheng
  • Chapter 8: Regional Urban Economic Clusters; Susan Walcott and Huasheng Zhu
  • Chapter 9: Urbanization, Urban Form and Adaptation: A Comparison of Four US and Chinese Cities; Tao Ye, Brian Muller and Peijun Shi
  • Chapter 10: The Main Agricultural Regions of China and the U.S.; Mark Leipnik, Yun Su and XinyueYe
  • Chapter 11: Research Cooperation between Chinese and American Geographers and its Significance in the Quest for Sustainable Development; Peijun Shi, Clifton W. Pannell and Tao Ye
  • Epilogue
  • Contributors
  • Index.

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