GEOG 1700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: North European Plain, Acid Rain, Global Warming
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Geog 1700 - lecture 19 - part 8. Europe: environmental regions, population regions, cultural regions, political regions, economic and social regions, environmental regions. Continental to extreme maritime effects (north atlantic drift/gulf stream) I(cid:374) ge(cid:374)eral easter(cid:374) europe the for(cid:373)er co(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ist cou(cid:374)tries has (cid:373)ore sig(cid:374)ifica(cid:374)t environmental problems: population regions. Distribution of population corresponds closely to topography. Given the demography, immigration seems to make sense. Immigration from both inside and outside europe is a major political issue and the source of cultural conflicts. Immigration is a major political issue in italy, especially in the northern part of the country. Cultural clashes are occurring, especially between muslim immigrants and their. Immigration from outside europe often linked to imperial past. France is especially hard-hit by such conflict. Unemployment is very high among muslim youth. Most are 1st or 2nd generation residents. Europe is frequently targeted by jihadists and other terrorists. Despite cultural differences, europe is still a common destination for non-europeans seeking better lives.
