Hite Kristen A. - Global Issues

Plates

1.1 Rural migrants often settle in urban slums in developing nations ( United Nations )

1.2 Growing cities in less developed nations often have a mixture of modern and substandard housing ( United Nations )

1.3 Children take care of children in many poorer countries, as this girl is doing in Mexico ( Mark Olencki )

1.4 Breast-feeding delays a womans ability to conceive and provides the most healthful food for a baby ( United Nations )

1.5 Advertisement for contraceptives in Costa Rica ( George Shiflet )

1.6 Family planning class ( United Nations )

1.7 A more frequent picture in the future? A crowded train in Bangladesh ( World Bank )

2.1 Poverty in Indonesia ( World Bank )

2.2 The weight of poverty falls heavily on children in less developed nations ( United Nations )

2.3 Street children in Nepal ( Ab Abercrombie )

2.4 The market approach is followed on the streets of many developing nations ( Mark Olencki )

2.5 The state approach to development struggles to survive the collapse of communist regimes in Europe, as can be seen in the posters of a Communist Party conference in Nepal ( Ab Abercrombie )

3.1 Starvation in Somalia ( CARE: Zed Nelson )

3.2 The bloated belly is a sign of malnutrition, a major cause of stunting and death in the children of the developing world ( CARE: Joel Chiziane )

3.3 Street vendors sell food to many urban dwellers in developing-world cities ( Ab Abercrombie )

3.4 Tropical rainforests are being cut down to raise beef cattle for the US fast-food market the so-called hamburger connection ( United Nations )

3.5 Much of the food in Africa is grown and prepared by women ( World Bank )

4.1 Shortage of wood is a part of the energy crisis, since many urban dwellers in developing nations rely on wood as their major source of fuel ( Ab Abercrombie )

4.2 The replacing of human-powered vehicles with oil-fueled vehicles in poor and crowded countries, such as Bangladesh, will be difficult ( World Bank )

4.3 Wind turbines in Altamont Pass, California ( US Department of Energy )

4.4 Solar thermal power plant, California ( US Department of Energy )

4.5 Solar energy provides power for a water pump in Morocco ( USAID Photo Agency for International Development )

4.6 Geothermal power plant, California ( US Department of Energy )

5.1 Vehicles, such as this truck/bus, provide a lot of air pollution in the cities of the developing countries ( Ab Abercrombie )

5.2 Water pollution in the USA is partly caused by large amounts of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, which run off from fields during storms (Lynn Betts, US Department of Agriculture)

5.3 Deforestation in Mexico (Jami Dwyer)

6.1 Without modern technology to help, necessary tasks can be difficult. A woman in Nepal breaks up clumps of soil to prepare the land for planting ( Ab Abercrombie )

6.2 Underground nuclear weapons testing site in the USA ( Los Alamos National Laboratory )