II' ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

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Chapter 41

• II. ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

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II. ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

• A. Agriculture

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• Agriculture
• Most of the people of the region are involved in
  agriculture

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A. Agriculture

• In humid-tropical and humid-subtropical
• climates rice is the principal food crop

Thailand, March 2002 Rice paddies cover much of
Northern Thailand, where the farmers are often
too poor to consume their own product of Jasmine
Rice, which the government exports to wealthy
nations
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A. Agriculture

• Rice is grown in water-covered fields
• called paddies

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A. Agriculture

• The rice paddies produce most of the
• regions food

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A. Agriculture

• Export crops include rubber, tea, coffee,
• coconuts, sugarcane, and various spices

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A. Agriculture

• In humid-continental and steppe climates,
• wheat is the main food crop

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A. Agriculture

• Deserts and high-plateau areas - flocks of
• sheep and other animals are raised

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B. Fishing
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B. Fishing
Aquaculture is an important economic activity
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B. Fishing
Seafood is commercially farmed in protected bays
and river mouths
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B. Fishing
Local food supply depends upon freshwater fish
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B. Fishing
Several Asian nations have huge fishing fleets
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C. Forests
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C. Forests
Forest resources are divided into two types
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C. Forests
Middle-latitude forests Tropical
forests
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C. Forests
Tropical rain forests of Thailand, Indonesia,
Myanmar, and the Philippines have been depleted
by logging
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D. Mineral and energy resources
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D. Mineral and energy resources
Some of the most abundant mineral resources are
tin, tungsten, coal, and iron ore
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D. Mineral and energy resources
More than half of the worlds tin is found in the
region
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D. Mineral and energy resources
The region has more than 1/3rd of the worlds
supply of tungsten
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D. Mineral and energy resources
Indonesia, Brunei, and Malaysia are major
producers and exporters of oil
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E. Industrialization
Japan and China are the regions major economic
powers
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E. Industrialization
Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs) -
characterized by rapid economic growth China,
Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong,
Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia
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E. Industrialization
Other nations - Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, and
Mongolia have poorly developed economies
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E. Industrialization
Rapid industrialization has a great effect in the
region
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E. Industrialization
There has been large-scale migration of people
from rural areas to cities
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E. Industrialization
Problems created include growth of shantytowns
(slums) sewage problems traffic congestion
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E. Industrialization
Industrialization has led to severe industrial
pollution of rivers, air, and coast-lines