India: Setting

the context

GEOL 352 Fall 2014

September 17, 2014
Veronica Sosa-Gonzalez
 Outline

Geography and population

Health and education
Political history
Religion and water
Climate and Environment
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http://http://www.mappery.com/Southern-Asia-Map/
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http://geography.howstuffworks.com/asia/geography-of-india1.htm
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10 biggest countries
18

Area (in millions of sq km)

16
14
12
10
8

Area: 2,973,190 km2 6

4
2
7th largest country in the world 0

USA

India

Argentina
Canada

Australia
China

Brazil

Algeria
Russia

Kazakhstan
Population: 1,252,139,596 (2013)
Rural population: 851,141,890 (2013)
$1,499 GDP per capita 1,600
1,400
1,200

Population (in millions) 1,000

800
600
400
200
0
Brazil Russia India China

Population Rural population

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http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-137842
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http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/river-basins.htm
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Life expectancy: 66 Literacy percentage: No Data

Fertility: 2.5 births per woman
Adolescent fertility rate:
33/100,000 women (15-19 years)
Tuberculosis: 176/100,000 people
(0.09%)
Mortality (<5 years): 53/10,000 live
births
HIV: 0.3% of population
School enrollment Tertiary: 25% in
2012
Ratio of female to male tertiary
enrollment: 78 (2011)
Primary school completion rate: 96
(2011)
Public spending on education: 3.4%
of GDP
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Life expectancy at birth

78
76
74
72
70
Life expectancy- total
Years

68
Life expectancy- male
66
Life expectancy- female
64
62
60
58
Brazil Russia India China

250

200

150

100

50

0
Brazil Russia India China Canada USA Niger Mali Somalia Chad
Fertility rate 1.8 1.6 2.5 1.7 1.6 1.9 7.6 6.9 6.7 6.4
Adolescent fertility rate (per 100,000
71 26 33 9 14 31 205 176 110 152
women)
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2600 to 2000B.C.E. Indus civilization

Induism
8th century C.E. Invasions from the Northwest
Islam
13th century C.E. Muslim rule
1858 - 1947 Administered by British
1947 subcontinent divided by religious lines
1950 Constitution proclaims India as a sovereign socialist secular
democratic republic
 RELIGION AND WATER
Ganges is considered sacred by the Hindu population
The main headwater river of the Ganges, the Bhagirathi,
is located at the base of the Gangotri Glacier, considered
scared by Hindus

http://gallagher-photo.com/project-live-india/
http://www.indianetzone.com/29/religious_importance_ganga_river.htm
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http://maps.howstuffworks.com/india-annual-precipitation-map.htm
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ANNUAL TEMPERATURE

http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/annualtemperature.htm
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http://cee45q.stanford.edu/2003/briefing_book/india.html
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India ranks 155/178 countries

Overall score 31.23/100
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN INDIA

Pollution, deforestation, wildlife trade, the aspirations of

more than one billion people. These are some of the critical
issues that India grapples with every day
- World Wildlife Foundation
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The worlds 10 Most Polluted Places Scientific American, 2007

http://www.worstpolluted.org/projects_reports/display/36

SUKINDA, INDIA
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The worlds 10 Most Polluted Places Scientific American, 2007

http://catastrophemap.org/wordpress/?page_id=385

http://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1661031_1661028_1661019,00.
html

VAPI, INDIA
 2010 Commonwealth Games

Great controversy over the amount of money spent on

the event, despite the fact that India has one of the
worlds largest concentration of poor people
The Commonwealth Games have not improved the lot of
either New Delhi's poorest residents or the capital's
natural environment.