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1 online resource (461 pages) |
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Routledge Studies in Geopolitics |
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Routledge Studies in Geopolitics
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction; Notes; The Experience of Land-lockedness in Africa; Notes; Chad: Power Vacuum or Geopolitical Focus; The Pre-colonial Reality; The Colonial Period and Chad's Boundaries; The Colonial Period and Internal Change; Independence; The Reasons; Notes; Land-locked Niger and its Alternative Seaport Access; Brief Historical Background; The Pre-colonial Period; The Colonial Period; Independence; The Geographical Handicaps; The Area of the Territory; The Location of the Territory |
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Land-lockedness and Dependency on Coastal Countries: The Case of EthiopiaA Brief Historical, Geographical, Political and Economic Appraisal; A Brief History; Geographical Location; Political; Economic Appraisals; Ethiopia's Dependence on the Ports of Coastal States; The Assab Outlet; The Djibouti Outlet; Conclusions and Recommendations; Notes; African Land and Access Corridors; Conclusion; Notes; Afghanistan: the Geopolitics of a Buffer State; Geography; Land-lockedness; The Factor of History:; Afghanistan as a Buffer State |
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The Geographic Distribution of the PopulationThe Economy of Niger; The Alternative Sea Port Accesses; The Benin-Niger Corridor; The Togo-Niger Corridor; The Nigerian Corridor; The Distances from the Alternative Ports to Niger; Transport Costs from the Alternative Ports to Niger; The 'Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats' (SWOT) of each Alternative Transit Route to Niger; The Strengths; The Weaknesses; The Opportunities; The Threats; Some Suggestions; The Development of Alternative Routes to the Sea; Conclusion and Recommendations; Notes |
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The Linkage Between Land-lockedness and the Role of Afghanistan as a Buffer-stateConclusions; Notes; Land-locked Central Asia: Implications for the Future; Pre-Tsarist Trade; Russian Expansion; Extension of the Russian Railway System; Economic Integration with Russia; Development of Alternative Transport Routes; Central Asia Under the Soviets; Distortion of the Central Asian Economies; Sovereignty or Continued Dependence?; General Structure of the Oil Sector; Current Export System; Pipeline Options; Regional Co-operation in Transport and Trade; The Economic Co-operation Organisation |
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Transportation Options: The Iranian RouteThe Pakistani Route; The Chinese Route; Conclusion; Appendix I.; Appendix II.; Notes; Mongolia: Looking to the Sea; Mongolia's Cultural and Political Boundaries; Kyakhta and Sino-Russian Trade; The North-western Border and Separation of Tuva; Communications Developments in the Soviet Period; The Southern Border and Relations with China; Firm Borders for a Sea-going 'tiger'; Sources; Land-locked Laos: Dilemmas of Development at the Edge of the World; Laos: the Geographical, Human and Historical Contexts; Poor and Weak: Managing Land-locked Laos |
| Summary |
Since 1991 more than a dozen new land-locked states have emerged to be confronted with the geostrategic problems of access and communications. Contributors present the implications of land-lockedness and the historical development of trade routes |
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The Environment of Transport and Communications in Laos |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Lloyd, Sarah J.
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McLachlan, K. S. (Keith Stanley)
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| ISBN |
1135254109 |
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9781135254100 |
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