Maldives 1996
Yearbook 1996 Maldives. The Maldives is one of the LDC countries – the least developed countries in the world – which has noted high growth in recent times. During the…
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 Maldives. The Maldives is one of the LDC countries – the least developed countries in the world – which has noted high growth in recent times. During the…
Yearbook 1996 Malaysia. In the last decade, Malaysia has built up an extensive industry, largely with the help of investments from other East Asian countries. Economic growth in 1991-95 was…
Yearbook 1996 Lebanon. After several weeks of escalated fighting between Israeli soldiers and the Shiite militia Hizbullah around the Israeli-occupied zone in southern Lebanon. Hizbullah fired rockets at the Israeli…
Yearbook 1996 Laos. Like Vietnam and China, the poorer Laos tries to open the economy outwards without changing its one-party system. At the Laotian Revolutionary People’s Party (Pathet Lao) congress…
Yearbook 1996 Kyrgyzstan. In February, President Askar Akaiev won a referendum on 94.5% of the votes on a supplement to the country’s constitution that gives him greater power. Prime Minister…
Yearbook 1996 Kuwait. Parliamentary elections were held October 7; only about 107,000 men from families who have lived in the country since 1920 had the right to vote. Because political…
Yearbook 1996 Kazakhstan. In March, President Nursultan Nazarbayev approved an agreement on enhanced cooperation with three other CIS states, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation and Belarus. The states formed a joint…
Yearbook 1996 Jordan. King Hussein visited Israel in January. The visit was a confirmation of the two countries’ peace treaties from 1994 and occurred at a time when American mediator…
Yearbook 1996 Japan. With the lowest turnout since World War II – below 60% – voters on October 20 gave the Liberal Democratic Party (Jiyu Minshuto, LDP) continued government confidence…
Yearbook 1996 Israel. After rolling according to plan for several years, the peace process between Israel and Palestine seemed to stop in 1996. Militant Islamists carried out terrorist attacks in…