Socio-Economic Atlas of Myanmar (eBook)

TABLE OF CONTENTS 6
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 8
1. CONCEPT AND DATA OF THE ATLAS 12
CONCEPT OF THE ATLAS 13
DATA AND MAPS 17
THE NATIONAL CENSUS 2014 23
2. ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPATIAL ORGANISATION 30
STATES AND REGIONS 31
ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARIES 33
3. ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES 36
TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL LANDSCAPES 37
THE VIEW FROM THE SATELLITE 39
LAND COVER 41
CLIMATE: TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION 45
NATURAL HAZARDS AND RISKS 49
NATURAL HAZARDS: EARTHQUAKES AND FAULT LINES, SEISMIC ZONES 50
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 53
MINERAL RESOURCES 57
FUEL MINERALS 58
METALLIC MINERALS 60
PRECIOUS METALS AND STONES, RARE EARTHS AND RADIOACTIVE METALS 62
4. POPULATION, SETTLEMENTS AND URBANISATION 64
POPULATION 65
TOTAL POPULATION AND SEX RATIO 66
POPULATION DENSITY BY TOWNSHIP 69
POPULATION DENSITY - POPULATION DISTRIBUTION MODEL 70
URBAN AND RURAL POPULATION 71
URBANISATION PROCESSES AND THE URBAN SYSTEM 73
RANKING AND LOCATION OF CITIES/TOWNS 81
5. INFRASTRUCTURE 84
ROADS, RAILROADS, AIRPORTS, PORTS 85
ENERGY SUPPLY 93
HYDROPOWER AND THERMAL POWER PLANT PROJECTS 94
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 95
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY | MPT TOWERS 96
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY | OOREDOO AND TELENOR TOWERS 98
6. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 100
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT 101
DOMINATING ECONOMIC SECTORS' SHARES 103
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: DOMINATING ECONOMIC SECTORS' SHARES 104
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 105
RAIN PADDY PRODUCTION 106
SUMMER PADDY PRODUCTION 108
CHANGE OF PADDY YIELD 110
AGRICULTURAL REGIONS 111
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: SHARE OF PRIMARY SECTOR 117
SHARE OF PRIMARY SECTOR IN TOTAL GDP 118
AQUACULTURE 119
SECONDARY SECTOR DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIALISATION 123
SHARE OF SECONDARY SECTOR IN TOTAL GDP 124
CRAFTS 127
GARMENT INDUSTRY IN YANGON 129
THE TERTIARY SECTOR: ADMINISTRATION, TRADE, TRANSPORTATION AND TOURISM 131
SHARE OF TERTIARY SECTOR IN TOTAL GDP 132
TOURISM CENTRES AND REGIONS 134
7. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: HOUSEHOLD INFRASTRUCTURE, EDUCATION AND HEALTH 138
HOUSEHOLD INFRASTRUCTURE 139
MAIN SOURCE OF LIGHTING AND AVAILABILITY OF MOBILE PHONES 140
EDUCATION AND EDUCATION SYSTEM 141
PROPORTION OF PERSONS WITH EDUCATION 142
NUMBER OF PERSONS WITH EDUCATION 144
EDUCATION LEVEL 146
HIGHER EDUCATION: UNIVERSITIES, DEGREE COLLEGES, COLLEGES 148
HIGHER EDUCATION: SUBJECTS AND NUMBER OF STUDENTS 150
SUBJECTS, NUMBERS OF STUDENTS AND STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO 156
HEALTH AND HEALTH SYSTEM 157
REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRES 158
SUBREGIONAL HEALTH CENTRES 160
HOSPITALS AND DOCTORS 162
MIDWIVES 164
8. REFERENCES 166