GEOG120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Loess Plateau, Tibetan Plateau, East China Sea
16 Oct 2017
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Physical geography - diversity among natural hazards. Environmental issues - resource pressures from a large population. Social and economic development - core region of the global economy. Source of major rivers (huang he and yangtze) Coastal plain - three large river basins. Continental shelf - yellow, east, and south china seas. Volcanic islands of japan and the sea of japan. Tsunamis prompted by earthquakes in the water. The most serious environmental issues in east asia are in . Population growth is close to zero, however. Japan lost a lot of people in wwii. Japan has a declining population - must larger older population than younger population. China"s one-child policy attempted to control the growth of its population. Variety of policies have eased this policy since then. Wheat, corn, and millet produced in the drier areas. Densely populated area means that people grow what food they can wherever they can so they can feed their population.
