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North Africa and Southwest Asia. Geography as a Major or Career Finish Sub-Saharan Africa Setting the Boundaries Landforms and Climate Environmental Issues For Next Class: Read Chapter 7 (pp. 300-341) Reminder: Response Paper Due on Monday!.
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North Africa and Southwest Asia • Geography as a Major or Career • Finish Sub-Saharan Africa • Setting the Boundaries • Landforms and Climate • Environmental Issues • For Next Class: Read Chapter 7 (pp. 300-341) • Reminder: Response Paper Due on Monday!
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Figure 6.35 • Early European contact • Berlin Conference • 1884, likened to a game of Monopoly • Pan-African Movement European Imprint Colonization in 1913
Lack of Infrastructure • Colonialism • Structural Adjustment Policies (SAPs) • Unsustainable Debt • Food Policies • Corruption African Poverty Figure 6.42 Figure 6.43 Uncompetitive Industry
Aid vs. Investment Links to the Global Economy Figure 6.45
Structural Adjustment Policies (SAPs) • SAPs have crippled Sub-Saharan African countries • Tied to neoliberal economic theory and implemented by the IMF and World Bank • Four key elements: • Reschedule foreign debt payments • Decrease state spending • Increase exports • Privatize economy Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, and Wyckoff
Many have since advocated “Adjustment with a Human Face” • Gradualism in economic growth • Small-scale production • Shift in public spending to meet basic needs first • Target scarce state support to very poor • Community participation in covering costs Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, and Wyckoff
Southwest Asia and North Africa What is the basis for regional integrity? (Or, why is this a region?) Figure 7.1
Stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Caspian Sea • Climate, Arab culture, Islam, and petroleum reserves serve as binding elements for this region Setting the Boundaries Figure 7.0 West Bank city of Hebron: important for trade and industry
Agriculture • Civilizations • Trade Routes • Innovations • OPEC • Islamic Fundamentalism Cultural Hearths and Globalization Figure 7.3 Saudi Arabian oil refinery
Climate When is the rainy season across most of the region? Why? Figure 7.11
Fragile environment • Deforestation • Overgrazing • Salinization • Water Management Environmental Issues – Overview Figure 7.5
Interplay of water resources and politics • Aswan High Dam • Peace Corridor • Tekeze Dam project • Potential for conflict Hydropolitics Figure 7.6
Figure 7.7 Environmental Issues Gaza Strip: damaged water infrastructure Figure 7.1.1 Irrigated fields depletes fossil water, Saudi Arabia
Regional Landscape Atlas Mountains Satellite view of Turkey Figure 7.9 Figure 7.8 Figure 7.12 Arid Iran