Uzbekistan 1996
Yearbook 1996 Uzbekistan. During the year, a rapprochement between Uzbekistan and the United States could be noticed. Uzbekistan has supported US sanctions against Iran, which the US has accused of…
The interior of continental Southeast Asia (such as the Mekong region) and the large islands (such as Sumatra, Borneo), which was formerly completely covered with tropical rainforests, is increasingly being developed and populated. The population density is increasing in these areas. Within Southeast Asia, the agricultural favored area of Java emerges with the highest population densities; The difference to the other islands in Indonesia is particularly striking.
The concentration of large metropolises is striking in South and East Asia. In the ranking of the world’s largest agglomerations, many of the top places are occupied by metropolitan regions in Asia. In first place is Tokyo, followed by megacities like Delhi, Shanghai, Mumbai, Dhaka, Jakarta, Seoul, Calcutta, Manila and others. In the Perfluent Delta around Guangzhou and Hong Kong, a new urban agglomeration is emerging that, with its almost 60 million residents, could compete with Tokyo for first place as the largest urban agglomeration in the world.
As a comparison with the population figures from 1970 shows, all the cities mentioned – and many others in the region – have increased their population figures many times over in just a few decades. The most important reason for this development is the urban-rural divide characteristic of many developing and emerging countries, which has greatly accelerated the urbanization process in this part of Asia. In China, for example, less than 30 percent of the population lived in cities in 1980; today it is well over 50 percent. For more information about the continent of Asia, please check politicsezine.com.
Yearbook 1996 Uzbekistan. During the year, a rapprochement between Uzbekistan and the United States could be noticed. Uzbekistan has supported US sanctions against Iran, which the US has accused of…
Yearbook 1996 United Arab Emirates. Over 130,000 people, mainly from India and other South Asian countries, were forced to leave the United Arab Emirates as the penalty for staying in…
Yearbook 1996 Turkmenistan. Since 1993, access to gas, electricity and water has been free in the country, and in 1996 access to flour and bread was also free. Turkmenistan has…
Yearbook 1996 Turkey. A long government crisis was resolved – temporarily – at the end of February when the Fosterland Party (Anavatan Partisi, ANAP) and the Right Road Party (Doğru…
Yearbook 1996 Thailand. After months of wear and tear within the just over a year-old seven-party government, Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-Archa resigned in September and announced new elections. The government…
Yearbook 1996 Tajikistan. Both strife and the peace effort characterized the force measurement between President Imomali Rachmonov’s Moscow-backed regime and the opposition, a fragile alliance of Muslim and democratic forces…
Yearbook 1996 Taiwan. Chinese military maneuvers shortly before Taiwan’s first free presidential election March 23 was close to triggering an international crisis. The exercises, begun in 1995, were escalated during…
Yearbook 1996 Syria. The relationship with the enemy Iraq seemed to improve somewhat during the year, mainly due to both boats’ deteriorating relations with Turkey. Both Syria and Iraq are…
Yearbook 1996 Sri Lanka. An end to the war with the Tamil guerrillas seemed distant in 1996. The year began with a terrible blast attack in central Colombo. At least…
Yearbook 1996 South Korea. The nerve war between South Korea and North Korea intensified in April when armed North Korean soldiers entered the border zone, DMZ, several times, violating the…