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Macroregional world differentiation and boundary perception - different meaning, different sharpness. Rich North - poor South, new bipolar dividing of the world or a consequence of globalizing processes. Case studies, their historical, political, social and economical consequences:
- fragmentation of the USSR. Problems of following states, Caucasus, Central Asia - Islamic fundamentalism, case of Afghanistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia and international influence - oil states of Persian Gulf, very fragile world equilibrium, oil and gas trade, OPEC organization - breaking up of Yugoslavia and the role of communism and its elite for regional and international development - European problematic regions (North Ireland, Bascs problems etc.) - Subsaharian Africa, problems of surviving, education and modernisation - ethnic problems of South Africa, Australia, Canada, the U.S.A. Some actual topics in other different regions. References COLE, J. (1996): Geography of the World´s Major Regions. New York, Routledge, 474 p. DEMKO, G., WOOD, W.B. (1994): Reordering the World. Eastview Press, Boulder, 350 p. BLIJ de H., MULLER, P.O. (1994): Geography. Regions and Concept. Willey, N. York, 662 p. Last update: JANU (09.08.2002)
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DEMKO, G., WOOD, W.B. (1994): Reordering the World. Westview Press, Boulder, 350 s. BLIJ, H. de, MULLER, P.O. (1994): Geography. Regions and Concepts. Willey, N. York, 662 s. COLE, J. (1996): Geography of the World´s Major Regions. Routledge, N. York, 474 s. + individuální literatura k jednotlivým problémům Last update: JANU (10.02.2003)
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Objectives: 1. Broader knowledge on regional geography. 2. Analysis of terms, consequences and possibilities of solution of global and regional problems
Contents: 1. Defining of global and regional problems. Basic features of problem regions, genesis of conflicts. 2. The North - The South. Partial macroregions (J. Cole, FAO etc.). 3. Selected problematic regions: Izrael, Palestina and Near East Indian Subkontinent vs. Pakistan China - economic boom and politic totality, population issues Írán and Irák - islam and moslims Afghanistan conflict Kaukazus Region - ethnicity, Russian influence Central Asia Subsaharian Afrika, Sahel and RSA Latin America - economic and environmental issues. Northern America - multicultural society, national and global economy. European problematic region
4. Environmental Issues 5. Migration and globalization effects 6. Some up-to-date topics Last update: JANU (10.02.2003)
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