Geography 2060A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Maritime Southeast Asia, Mekong Delta, Srivijaya

• School: Western University
• Department: Geography
• Course: Geography 2060A/B
• Professor: Zubedaar Kuuire

Document Summary

Lecture 9 south east asia & australia and the pacific island. Introduction to south east asia: a clash of cultures, religions, political systems, economic growth patterns. Indian/chinese spice trade: low urbanization levels, high urban growth rates, early city-states: angkor wat, malacca, wide-ranging colonial influence, rapid growth peri-urban land conflicts. Distinctive cities: singapore, kuala lumpur, jakarta, manila, bangkok, phnom penh, ho chi minh city, hanoi. Increasing middle-class consumer spaces contrast with urban poverty and landlessness. Australia: 1911: of the population in 4 cities, colonialism is the major influence of urbanism in this region, oceania: urbanism mainly through colonialism, lack of widespread industrialization, mining, made up of very small islands. Urban patterns and processes: much less impact on world system than other regions, urbanism remains split between larger and smaller countries. Urban patterns: the pacific island: philosophy about land use as a communal resource, urbanization degrades limited resources on fragile, isolated environments.