GEOG 202 Lecture 11Outline of Last Lecture - Ch. 5: The Caribbeano Physical Setting o Environmental Issueso Climate o Natural Hazards o Population and Settlemento Cultureo Geopolitical FrameworkOutline of Current Lecture o Caribbean Issues- Ch. 4: Latin Americao Physical Settingo Environmental Issueso Climateo Extreme Geography o Population and SettlementCurrent Lecture-Economy-wrecking problem?-ChikungunyaMosquito-borne disease These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Aching joints, but not death Lots of mosquitos in the tropics Controlled by pesticide DDT?-Haiti: Worst (or almost worst) in Americas for:-Deforestation and soil erosion -Poverty -Illiteracy -Life expectancy -HIV/AIDs-Travelers' safety -Economy -Corruption oCaribbean Issues -Economic Viability -Dependence on tourism -Development of internet industries, finance, and gambling -Geographic stability and cultural identity -Colony or protectorate vs independence -Separate nations or Caribbean alliance -View of US: protector or exploiter?-Natural disasters -Hurricanes and mudslides -Volcanoes and earthquakes (rarely, tsunamis) -Ch. 4: Latin Americao17 countries oRoughly equal in size to North America, but with more people (540 million)oMost urbanized region in the developing world oShared colonial history: Iberian countries -Spain -Portugal oPhysical Setting -Tectonic plate subducted below the South American plate -Creates Humboldt Trench off west coast and -Andes Mountains-2nd highest in the world -Strong earthquakes and volcanoes -Granite shields oEnvironmental Issues -In cities: water supply, smog, garbage-Agriculture: loss of biodiversity -Natural resources: economic benefits of extraction vs conservation -Mexico City (18-20 million people) -Smog factors:Surrounded by mountains Limits wind Temperature inversion Unregulated emissions-Water supply:Overdrawn aquifer Leaky infrastructure -Subsidence Sank 30 ft. during the last century oClimate -Rainforest to desert -Enormous variations -North vs South hemisphere seasonality-3 great river basins:-OrinocoGrasslands w/ ranching Oil and gas production -Amazon: Rainforest -La Plata: Itaipu dam One of ASCE's "7 Wonders of the Modern World" 25% of Brazils energy and 78% of Paraguay's-Atacama Desert-West coast of Chile -Driest place on earth-Water collected in fog netsScale matters. Small scale solution oExtreme Geography -Yungas road: one of the world's most dangerous roads -Sheer topography - extreme climate -Unstable geology -From Bolivian capital La Paz (highest in the world) down to Amazon rainforest-Elevation varies from 15,000+ ft. to 4,000 ft. over a distance of only 35 miles oPopulation and Settlement -540 million people. Larger and faster growing population than North America -Relatively low population density -Megacities: More than 10 million people -Sao Paulo, Brazil -Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -Buenos Aires, Argentina -Mexico City, -Urban Primacy -Primate City: unusually large city that dominates the economy, politics, and culture of a country Lima, PeruCaracas, Venezuela Guatemala City Santiago, Chile Buenos Aires, Argentina Mexico City-Considered negative to have one, politics favor that area and is detrimental to rest of