Re: Regions of the World

Iain Walker (mailto:iainw@SUE.ECON.SU.OZ.AU)
Fri, 13 Sep 1996 11:09:23 +1100 

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Date:         Fri, 13 Sep 1996 11:09:23 +1100
From: Iain Walker <mailto:iainw@SUE.ECON.SU.OZ.AU>
Subject:      Re: Regions of the World
To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>


On Thu, 12 Sep 1996, Cindy Smoker wrote:


> We're looking for a map or chart showing the world broken down into

> standard regions and sub-regions.  Does such a thing exist?  Any help

> would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!



Ah, now there's a can of worms...


I guess the question is, "whose standards"?


A Eurocentric breakdown could be:


Regions: 7 continents (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, north
America and South America).


Sub-regions: "independent" countries.


Of course, you could also divide the world by religion, environment,
income, language, "race", etc, etc.


    Iain Walker   *   Dept. of Anthropology   *   University of Sydney
         mailto:iainw@sue.econ.su.oz.au    *    ngazidja@jolt.mpx.com.au


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or
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