South Asia [videorecording] : aspiring India ; China and its sphere [pt. 1] / a production of Cambridge Studios in collaboration with ABC-TV Open Learning, Australia ... [et al.]
Urban and rural contrasts Life in China's frontier cities
Notes:
A 26 part course, each cassette containing 2 programs of 29 min. each. "The Annenberg/CPB Collection" -- Cassette container. Organized around the textbook: Geography: realms, regions and concepts / H.J. de Blij and Peter O. Muller. New York : Wiley, 1994. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. Commentator: H.J. de Blij. Narrator: Deborah Dorsey.
Contents:
Prog. 21. Urban and rural contrasts. -- Prog. 22. Life in China's frontier cities.
Summary:
A telecourse designed to build understanding of geography by examining eleven regions of the world and their interconnections. Each program contains case studies which characterize an individual region. In Delhi, Bursting at the Seams a geographer studies Delhi as a multicultural, rapidly growing city. Dikhatpura, Help Through Irrigation explores the lives of farmers reliant on irrigation in Southwestern India. Lanzhou, Confluence of Cultures examines the cultural diversity of the population of Lanzhou in northwestern China. Shenyang, Hope for China's Rust Belt? investigates the struggling manufacturing industries in Shenyang, China.
Series:
Power of place : world regional geography ; 21-22
OCLC:
(OCoLC)35074110
Locations:
PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)
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