A Comparative Geography of China and the U.S.

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Hartmann, Rudi (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Wang, Jing'ai (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Ye, Tao (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: GeoJournal Library, 109
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Natural disasters.; Architecture.; International education.; Comparative education.; Sustainable development.; Human geography.; Social Sciences.; Human Geography.; Cities, Countries, Regions.; Natural Hazards.; Sustainable Development.; International and Comparative Education.

The book is the outcome of a unique venture: a team of Chinese geographers and a team of American geographers collaborated on a new Comparative Geography of China and the United States. The book meets a high demand for comparative information about China and the United States, as the home of the two...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Editors
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1: Introduction to a Comparative Geography of China and the U.S.; Rudi Hartmann and Jing’ai Wang
• Chapter 2: Physical Geography of China and the U.S.; Jing’ai Wang, Honglin Xiao, Rudi Hartmann and Yaojie Yue
• Chapter 3: Population/ Ethnic Geographies of China and the U.S.; Lucius Hallet IV, Jing’ai Wang and Rudi Hartmann
• Chapter 4: Agriculture and Food Production in China and the U.S.; Mark Leipnik, Yun Su, Robert Lane and Xinyue Ye
• Chapter 5: Economic Geography; Hongmian Gong and Huasheng Zhu
• Chapter 6: International Trade Issues and Status for China and the United States; Gregory Veeck and Yuejing Ge
• Chapter 7: Megaregions of China and the U.S.; Russell M. Smith, Yuejing Ge, Rudi Hartmann, Xiaoping Dong and Yang Cheng
• Chapter 8: Regional Urban Economic Clusters; Susan Walcott and Huasheng Zhu
• Chapter 9: Urbanization, Urban Form and Adaptation: A Comparison of Four US and Chinese Cities; Tao Ye, Brian Muller and Peijun Shi
• Chapter 10: The Main Agricultural Regions of China and the U.S.; Mark Leipnik, Yun Su and XinyueYe
• Chapter 11: Research Cooperation between Chinese and American Geographers and its Significance in the Quest for Sustainable Development; Peijun Shi, Clifton W. Pannell and Tao Ye
• Epilogue
• Contributors
• Index.