The Andes A Geographical Portrait /

• Main Authors: Borsdorf, Axel (Author), Stadel, Christoph (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Geography,
• Subjects: Geography.; Economic geography.; Physical geography.; Cultural studies.; Physical Geography.; Economic Geography.; Cultural Studies.

The Andes are attracting global interest again: they hold valuable mineral resources, tourists appreciate their great natural beauty and the diversity of indigenous cultures, climbers scale rock and ice faces, while many others are intrigued by regional political developments, such as the Bolivarian...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Factors, Processes and Spaces of Physical Geography
• 3 Conservation and Protected Areas
• 4 The Cultural Development of the Andes
• 5 Ethnic and Demographic Structures and Processes
• 6 Rural and Urban Settlements
• 7 Economic Structures and Regions
• 8 The Andes as Transport Space
• 9 Geo-Political and Religio-Geographical Parameters
• 10 Development Aspects and Perspectives
• Epilogue
• Glossary
• References.