Publication details
Inspiration from South Asian school atlases
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| Year of publication | 2023 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | Compared to most school atlases of European origin, non-traditional topics appear in the atlases here: •types of natural environment (natural landscapes), •climate types and climate regions, •air pressure in seasons, •regional centres, •planning or development regions and projects (including planned construction and changes in management), •land degradation and environmental pollution, •natural hazards (seismic threat, soil erosion, cyclones, long-term development of precipitation - drought, threat to flora and fauna, environmental degradation, soil erosion,...) •social issues (household equipment, level of human development, poverty,...) •key historical territorial changes of the state, ethnographic and historical regions •schools and education Unconventional arrangement of topics in complex maps: natural environment + typical agricultural crops transport + industry land use + industry text book atlas |