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GEOG200 Geographies of Development in SE Asia

10 cp
Prerequisites GEOG101 Human Geographies of Globalisation
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for twelve weeks or equivalent.

This unit provides an introduction to the contemporary human geography of the emergent region of Southeast Asia. This unit is structured in two sections to help understand the evolving geography of Southeast Asia, its nations and its peoples. The first half of the unit investigates the recent growth of Asia and Southeast Asia as geographic regions in the context of globalisation. Focusing on the geopolitics and economic geographies that underline regional integration the unit will outline the different ways regions are understood and the processes that drive regional development in the Asian context. The second half of the unit will focus on the geographies of development in Southeast Asia, including considerations of issues of growing inequality and entrenched poverty, urban and rural sustainable development, and the social and political discourses in resource management and the environment protection. In developing a unique geographic perspective of the Southeast Asian region the unit explores the relationships within and beyond the nations of Southeast Asia, including the wider Asian context and the role and perception of Australia in emergent Asian relations.

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