EUROPE

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EUROPE

• MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC QUALITIES

• CRITICAL LOCATION
• WORLD INFLUENCE
• MANUFACTURING DOMINANCE
• NATION-STATES
• POPULATION
• STANDARDS OF LIVING

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RELATIVE LOCATION

• CENTRAL LOCATION -- MODERATE DISTANCES
• MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY FOR CONTACT WITH THE REST OF
  THE WORLD
• EVERY PART OF EUROPE IS CLOSE TO THE SEA
• NAVIGABLE WATERWAYS
• AREAL FUNCTIONAL SPECIALIZATION

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SPATIAL INTERACTION

• DEFINITION
• PRINCIPLES
• COMPLEMENTARITY
• TRANSFERABILITY
• INTERVENING OPPORTUNITY

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URBAN TRADITION

• URBANIZATION
• RELATED CONCEPTS
• PRIMATE CITY
• METROPOLIS
• CBD

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PRIMATE CITIES

• WHAT ARE THEY?
• WHAT CRITERIA IS USED TO DEFINE THEM?
• Examples

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POPULATION OF EUROPE

• Rising? Falling? Stable?
• Fertility?
• Young people?
• Working age population?

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SUPRANATIONALISM

• What kind of venture?
• Why enter into such an arrangement?
• Problems?

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EUROPEAN UNION (EU)

• Original Members (12) Belgium, Denmark,
  France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy,
  Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK
• 2ND wave members (15) Austria, Sweden,
• Finland
• New Members-2004- (25) Estonia, Latvia,
• Lithuania, Poland, Czech
• Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia,
• Malta, Cyprus

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WESTERN EUROPE

• Germany
• France

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THE BENELUX COUNTRIES

• Belgium
• Netherlands
• Luxembourg

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THE ALPINE STATES

• Switzerland
• Austria
• Liechtenstein

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THE BRITISH ISLES

• Site and situation
• UK and NI
• Ireland

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NORTHERN EUROPEThe Nordic Countries

• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• Iceland
• Norway
• Sweden

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MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE

• Italy
• Vatican City
• Spain
• Portugal
• Greece
• Cyprus
• Malta

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EASTERN EUROPE

• EUROPES LARGEST REGION
• ADJOINS 3 OF 4 OTHER EUROPEAN REGIONS
• CONTAINS THE MOST COUNTRIES
• INCLUDES EUROPES LARGEST STATE
• INCORPORATES EUROPES POOREST COUNTRY
• IN 1990, NONE OF ITS STATES COULD MEET THE
  CRITERIA FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE EU
• REACHES INTO THE RUSSIAN ZONE OF INFLUENCE

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KEY CONCEPTS

• BALKANIZATION
• IRREDENTISM
• ETHNIC CLEANSING
• DEVOLUTION
• SHATTER BELT

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BALKINIZATION

• WHERE DOES THE TERM ORIGINATE?
• WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
• HOW IS IT APPLIED?

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UNDERLYING FORCES

• CENTRIFUGAL FORCES
• WHAT ARE THEY? WHAT DO THEY DO?
• EXAMPLES
• CENTRIPETAL FORCES
• WHAT ARE THEY? WHAT DO THEY DO?
• EXAMPLES

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IRREDENTISM

• WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS ITS PURPOSE?

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ETHNIC CLEANSING

• WHAT IS IT?
• EXAMPLES

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DEVOLUTION

• DEFINITION
• APPLICATION

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SHATTER BELT

• DEFINITION
• APPLICATION