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JaKoTa Triangle and more

JaKoTa Triangle and more. Questions? Willow Creek is a trib of Oldman! GetFast question JaKoTa Triangle Japan Korean Peninsula Taiwan. End of Course Plans. Map Test. Sub-Saharan Africa North Africa & South-west Asia South Asia East Asia But not JaKoTa. GetFast Question:.

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JaKoTa Triangle and more

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  1. JaKoTa Triangle and more • Questions? • Willow Creek is a trib of Oldman! • GetFast question • JaKoTa Triangle • Japan • Korean Peninsula • Taiwan

  2. End of Course Plans

  3. Map Test • Sub-Saharan Africa • North Africa & South-west Asia • South Asia • East Asia • But not JaKoTa

  4. GetFast Question: • Why is it that the poorest developed countries are the ones whose population increases are the highest? Wouldn't it make more sense for them to stop reproducing due to the already limited amount of resources? Does it have to do with urbanization versus rural life?

  5. Hong Kong Ceded to Britain in 3 parts: Hong Kong Island, 1841 Kowloon, 1861 New Territories, 1898 (99 year lease)

  6. Hong Kong • Excellent deep water port, terrible airport • Occupation in 1941, Defence of Hong Kong • 2,000 Canadians arrive 16 Nov, surrender 25 Dec • Korean War: embargo & manufacturing growth • Clothing, textiles, electronics • One of the four little Asian tigers • Banking and back door to China

  7. Hong Kong • 6 million people in 400 sq miles • 1 July 1997- British transferred control to China • Hong Kong renamed Xianggang • New status as China’s first SAR (special administrative region) • CEPA: Closer Economic Partnership Agreement with China. • Autonomy vis-à-vis China remains unclear

  8. Chek Lap Kok, completed 1998,Kai Tak now closed

  9. Macau • Portuguese colony and port • Famous for gambling, some textiles • Accessible ferry from Hong Kong • Control transferred to China in 1999 • New status as SAR

  10. Showa shinzen, 1991, 1,335 feet (407m) AMSL First appeared in 1944

  11. Mount Fuji, stratovolcano,12, 388 feet (3,776 meters)

  12. Taebaek Mountains (Taebaek Sanmaek), Eastern side of Korean peninsula

  13. Chungyang Mountains rise to 13,114 feet (3,997 meters) at Yu Shan, eastern Taiwan

  14. Jakota Triangle • Tokyo, Seoul and Taipei form a triangle • Characteristics • Large cities, high level of urbanization • High population density, uneven population distribution • Rapid manufacturing growth, high technology • Raw material dependency • Challenges • Social problems • Political uncertainties • Threats to sovereignty Shinto Shrine, Kyoto

  15. Japan • Hokkaido • Ishikari Plain • Seikan Tunnel • Honshu • Kanto Plain • Nobi Plain • Shikoku • Kyushu

  16. JAPAN’S CORE AREA • Tokaido • Tokyo-Yokohama • (Kanto Plain) • Kansai • Osaka • Kyoto • Kobe • Kitakyushu

  17. Outline Of Japanese Development • Ainu • 600 - 800 Chinese cultural influence • Kublai Khan (Mongol Dynasty) abortive invasion in 1281 • Japanese feudalism • Emperor • Shogun, daimyō and samurai • 1600 -1867 Tokugawa Shogunate, isolationism • Foreigners and Christianity expelled • Shintoism: nationalistic belief system • Meiji Restoration, 1868: Emperor returns to central power

  18. Meiji Restoration • Reinstated the emperor • Industrial transformation • Adopted aspects of the British, American, German cultures/technologies • Systematic study of the industrialized world • oyatoi gaikokujin • (honourable hired foreigners) • scientists, engineers, and agronomists

  19. Expansionist Japan • Hokkaido 1869 • Ryuku/Kuerile Islands 1874/5 • Formosa (Taiwan) 1895 • S. Sakhalin 1905 • Korea 1910 • Manchuria 1931 • North/coastal China 1937 • Hong Kong 1941 • S-E Asia 1941

  20. Japan’s Post-war Transformation • 1945 –1952: Allied Occupation • Fire-bombing effects • Kyōto was spared • Emperor renounced divinity 1946 • Shinto loses status as state religion • U.S. imposed Constitution • Economic restructuring • Break-up of Zaibatsu • Land reform ends feudal rights • Korean War spurs economic growth • San Francisco Treaty 1952 • Self-Defense Force Nagoya castle, 1600, 1959

  21. Tokyo-Yokahama • 26.7 million (#2) • Centrality • Global financial capital • Harbour and port • Two airports • Kanto Plain (1/3 of Σ) • Tsukuba

  22. Population Profiles India Japan AGE Male Female Male Female 70+ 60-69 50-59 40-49 30-39 20-29 10-19 0-9 30 15 0 15 30 20 10 0 10 20 Percent of Population Percent of Population

  23. Greying of Japan & Population Decline • Population: 127.4 million (2000) • Birth rate: 8 births/1,000 • Death rate: 8 deaths/1,000 • Growth rate: 0.16% • Life expectancy: • 78 (M) 85 (F)

  24. Korean Peninsula Demilitarized Zone DMZ: 151 miles, 2.5 miles wide Military Demarcation Line (MDL), six-foot wide barbed wire corridor

  25. Korea • 73 million in two states • Turbulent political history: • Dependency of China • Colony of Japan • Divided along the 38th parallel by Allied Powers after 1945 • Cease-fire line established in1953

  26. Official Name The Democratic People's The Democratic Republic of Korea Republic of Korea Unofficial name North Korea South Korea Population23,600,000 49,200,000 GNP (billions) $ 21.3 $ 508.3 GNP/capita$ 920 $ 17,300 Agriculture (% of GNP)25 % 8 % (% work force)36 % 21 % The Two Koreas

  27. North-south Contrasts • North Korea • Rural and agricultural • Antiquated state enterprise • Inefficient, unproductive agriculture • Limited trade – Russia and China • South Korea • Highly urbanized and industrial • Shipbuilding, automotive industry • Intensive, mechanized agriculture • Manufacturing power house • Extensive trade – US, Japan, and Western Europe

  28. SEOUL • 9.9 million - just south of the DMZ • Urban-industrial center! • Textiles, clothing, footwear, electronic goods • Vulnerability ?

  29. Taiwan

  30. Taiwan • Population – 22.7 million • 77% urbanized • Historical background: • Chinese province for centuries • Colonized by Japan in 1895 • Returned to China 1945 • 1949 – Chinese Nationalists (supported by the US) fled from the mainland and established the Republic of China (ROC) • 1971 – Expelled from UN • "the sky is not big enough for two suns" • Chiang Kai-Shek

  31. FOUR ECONOMIC TIGERS Date of Split Former State “Tiger” • SOUTH KOREAKOREA1952 • TAIWAN CHINA1949 • HONG KONG CHINA1841 • SINGAPORE MALAYSIA1965

  32. 4 Tigers

  33. The Four Tigers • Four tigers AKA four little dragons: • The Four Little Dragons: The Spread of Industrialization in East Asiaby EZRA F. VOGEL (Harvard UP 1993) • In sum: 10.4% of world’s mfg. exports • Vulnerability to global market fluctuations • Yes, but…we should be so lucky! • Land use competition • Urban problems • Environmental degradation • Political questions • Post industrial economy

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