Chapter 11: East Asia

Chapter 11: East Asia

Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff

Learning ObjectivesExamine regional variation in urban patterns and morphology within East Asia.

Understand the ways in which philosophical beliefs both create coherence and diversity within the region.

Consider the rapid change in the economies of East Asia during the 20th and 21st Centuries.


Key ConceptsRegulatory LakesPolluting ExportDesertificationAnthropogenic LandscapesCentral Place TheoryUrban PrimacySuperconurbationIdeographic WritingConfucianismMandarins

GeomancyParticularismMarxistBurakuminAutonomous RegionSamuraiSpheres of InfluenceShogunateSpecial Economic ZonesLaissez-FaireRust Belt


Setting the BoundariesComposed of China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea and Taiwan

Historically unified culture

Politically and ideologically divided


East AsiaFigure 11.1


Figure 11.2Environmental Issues - Overview


Environmental Issues (contd)Figure 11.3Three GorgesFigure 11.4Flooding on North China Plain


Environmental Issues (contd)Figures 11.5 and 11.6


Physical SettingFigure 11.7


Japans Physical GeographyFigure 11.9


Chinas Physical GeographyFigure 11.12


Koreas Physical GeographyFigure 11.14


ClimateFigure 11.8


Populationand SettlementFigure 11.16


Settlement LandscapesFigure 11.5 Japaneseurban farmFigure 11.17 Chinese loess settlementAnthropogenic Landscapes


Cities of East AsiaFigure 11.2.2Figure 11.18Central Place Theory - China


Urban FormFigure 11.19Figure 11.2.1


Japanese UrbanizationFigure 11.20Superconurbations


Cultural Coherence and DiversityAncient Chinese civilization

Religious and Philosophical BeliefsBuddhismConfucianism

Writing SystemIdeographic writing

Figure 11.21


Linguistic DiversityFigure 11.24


Religious DiversityMahayana BuddhismShintoTaoismGeomancyParticularism in religionMarxist influencesFigure 11.22-BuddhistLandscapeFigure 11.23-Mt. Fuji


Geopolitical FrameworkFigure 11.28


Chinas Historical EvolutionFigure 11.29


European Spheres of InfluenceFigure 11.31


Post WWII GeopoliticsFigure 11.32 Korean DMZFigure 11.33Tibet


Economic DevelopmentFigure 11.35


Economic DevelopmentJapan Boom and Bust Economy

Intertwined corporate economies

Tight connection between employers and employees

High cost of living

Figure 11.36


Industrial Reform in ChinaFigure 11.38Special Economic Zones (SEZs)


Social and Regional DifferentiationChina Figure 11.39


Social Development


Chinese Population PolicyDecline in Fertility Rates

Slow RNI

Gender imbalances in birthsMales favored over femalesFigure 11.40AgingPopulation


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