Robert W. Bradnock

The Routledge Atlas of South Asian Affairs (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This Atlas highlights the global significance of South Asia in relation to economic, geopolitical and strategic interests. It provides a coherent descriptive and analytical account of the key elements of the complex societies that make up the region and its component countries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317405108
• Artikelnr.: 49354253

Autorenporträt

Robert W. Bradnock has published extensively on South Asian Affairs, first at SOAS, where he became Head of the Department of Geography, and subsequently at King's College London. Here most recently he has been a Senior Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Geography. He continues to lecture, broadcast and publish widely on the politics and current affairs of South Asia. His recent work includes Paths to Peace, a Chatham House report based on the first-ever opinion poll to be undertaken in both Indian and Pakistani-held Kashmir. Catherine Lawrence trained as a Cartographer while also studying for a Geography Degree at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. After coming to London she became Cartographer at King's College, where she met her future husband. While raising her family she did freelance cartography for journals and magazines like the Geographical Magazine, returning to academic map-making for 10 years as Cartographer at SOAS. A freelancer once more, since 1998 she has produced a wide range of original and illuminating work.

Inhaltsangabe

Section A The global context 1. South Asia and the world powers 2. South
Asia and its neighbours 3. South Asia and the Muslim world 4. South Asia:
the cultural fabric Section B The Geographical environments 5. Plate
tectonics and South Asia's contemporary environments 6. Mountains, valleys
and plains: the relief of South Asia 7. South Asian climates 8. Water
resources 9. Natural vegetation and the challenge to biodiversity 10.
Energy resources 11. Non-energy mineral resources Section C The Historical
background 12. The settlement history of South Asia 13. British and
Princely India at Independence 14. Partition and the newly independent
states of South Asia 15. Independent South Asia: contrasting experiences of
governance 16. South asia: the Cold War era Section D Key issues in modern
South Asia 17. Population issues: density and growth 18. Fertility and
mortality 19. Urbanisation 20. Health and morbidity 21. Literacy in South
Asia 22. South Asia's external borders: the legacies of an imperial past
23. The post-colonial legacy: new borders and unresolved disputes 24. South
Asia's water resources: reaching the limits? 25. The geopolitics of
cross-boundary water use 26. Natural disasters and environmental risk 27.
Environmental security: air and water pollution and soil degradation 28.
Climate change in South Asia Section E Economy and security 29. The
economies of South Asia 30. Defence and security in South Asia 31. South
Asia: entering an era of co-operative development?