Understanding Geography: People and Their Needs Book 2
Published on 31. March 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-0-333-51345-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book covers many aspects of human and economic geography, including populations, industrial and agricultural development, settlement and urbanization and standards of living. Although the book is mainly concerned with the UK, some of the studies cover Europe, Brazil and India and some of them discuss global situations. The first sections of the book discuss population migration and urban settlement, including the control of urbanization. The discussion of population migration includes an examination of both rural-urban migration and urban-rural migration and the factors that effect the rate of these migrations. These factors, the development and location of industry and agriculture and the availability of work, are discussed in subsequent chapters dealing with agriculture policy and industrial development in Britain. The final section discusses the development of transport networks and the building of the Channel Tunnel.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 216 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-333-51345-3 (9780333513453)
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Content
Part 1 Population patterns: where people live; population growth; feeding the world; rapid population growth in Brazil; Europe's population growth grinds to a halt; migration - push and pull; heading for the bright lights - rural-urban migration in Brazil; a country way of life - urban-rural migration; migrating for work - foreign worker populations in West Germany; key points. Part 2 Places to live: what is a settlement?; the location of settlements; investigating settlements; shops and services; urban land-use in a British city; social patterns in a city - Birmingham; key points. Part 3 Settlement growth and planning: world pattern of urbanization; the growth of London; urban services at breaking point?; change in the inner city; controlling urban sprawl - Britain's Green Belt policy; new towns - planning for people; the urban poor in Calcutta, India, part 1; the urban poor in Calcutta, India, part 2; key points. Part 4 Living standards: wealth and poverty; a world of wealth and policy; regional patterns of wealth; towards a fairer Britain; letting the wealth trickle down; key points. Part 5 Agriculture: the farm system; farming in the south; farming in Britain; the agribusiness; world food - surplus and shortage; key points. Part 6 Industry and development: the structure of industry; a site for industry; industrial change; high tech industry; development in the south; developmentr - which way forward? trade in primary products; development - which way forward? industrial development; development - which way forward? the role of aid; women and work; key points. Part 7 Transport: transport networks; getting in a jam; the Channel Tunnel; key points.