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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Philippine Archipelago
  name:
    name part: Boquet, Yves.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2017
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XXV, 848 p. 118 illus., 77 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: This book presents an updated view of the Philippines, focusing on thematic issues rather than a description region by region. Topics include typhoons, population growth, economic difficulties, agrarian reform, migration as an economic strategy, the growth of Manila, the Muslim question in Mindanao, the South China Sea tensions with China and the challenges of risk, vulnerability and sustainable development.
  table of contents: PART 1 – Land, history and people -- Chapter 1 7107 islands -- Chapter 2 A tropical archipelago -- Chapter 3 The Spanish creation of the Philippines: the birth of a nation -- Chapter 4 From US colony to independent country: the construction of a State -- Chapter 5 100 million Filipinos -- Chapter 6 The diversity of the Philippine population -- Chapter 7 Emerging tiger ? The paradoxes of the Philippine economy -- Chapter 8 Farm productions and rural landscapes -- Chapter 9 The Philippine agriculture : weaknesses and controversies -- Chapter 10 The use and abuse of sea resources -- Chapter 11 Industry vs. Services -- Chapter 12 Global Pinoys: the archipelago of migration -- PART 3 – Regional organization and spatial planning -- Chapter 13 The spatial structure of the Philippines: urbanization and regional inequalities -- Chapter 14 Transportation in the Philippines -- Chapter 15 The growth of Greater Manila -- Chapter 16 Managing Metro Manila -- Chapter 17 Regional development policies in the Philippines -- PART 4 – Challenges for the Philippines -- Chapter 18 Towards a Bangsamoro in Mindanao ? -- Chapter 19 South China Sea or West Philippine Sea ? -- Chapter 20 It’s more fun in the Philippines ? The challenges of tourism in the Philippines -- Chapter 21 Environmental challenges in the Philippines -- Conclusion: Towards sustainable development in the Philippines?
  note: by Yves Boquet.
  subject:
    topic: Geography
  subject:
    topic: Climate change
  subject:
    topic: Ethnology
    topic: Asia
  subject:
    topic: Southeast Asia
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Asia
    topic: Politics and government
  subject:
    topic: Physical geography
  subject:
    topic: Geography
  subject:
    topic: World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions)
  subject:
    topic: Asian Culture
  subject:
    topic: Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
  subject:
    topic: History of Southeast Asia
  subject:
    topic: Asian Politics
  classification: G113-138.5
  classification: 910
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer Geography
  identifier: 9783319519265
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51926-5
  record info:
    record creation date: 170420
    record change date: 20170420094848.0
    record identifier: 978-3-319-51926-5