Tibet: Landscape of Tradition and Change

Tibet: Landscape of Tradition and Change

Since the early 1950s and Chinese annexation, Tibet has been modernizing willingly or not and unavoidable cultural and environmental concerns have accompanied hasty development. According to the Tibet Tourism Bureau, in 2004, one million tourists were authorized to enter the Tibet Autonomous Region...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American Geographical Society's focus on geography 2009-09, Vol.52 (2), p.23-29
1. Verfasser: Allen, Tracy H.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Case studies
Construction
Consumption
Culture
Environmental conditions
Environmental economics
Grasslands
High temperature
Internet
Modernization
Monks
Permafrost
Population
Roads & highways
Television networks
Tourism
Traditions
Vegetation
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Zusammenfassung:Since the early 1950s and Chinese annexation, Tibet has been modernizing willingly or not and unavoidable cultural and environmental concerns have accompanied hasty development. According to the Tibet Tourism Bureau, in 2004, one million tourists were authorized to enter the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR - a poUtical subregion of the greater Tibetan Plateau) . [...] Tibetans face cultural dilution, and the land suffers the added strain of supporting a larger population.
ISSN:1549-4934
1949-8535
DOI:10.1111/j.1949-8535.2009.tb00244.x