The Western World Daily Readings on Geography Chapter 25 Pacific Realm Population Geography II

CHAPTER 25 Pacific Realm Population Geography II in New Zealand Created by from Noun Sometimes there are advantages to being an island country . Of course , there may be disadvantages too . You ca drive to the islands that nor to Iceland nor nor New Zealand . Now you can drive through the ( the tunnel under the English Channel ) from France to England . Cost of living often is higher on islands , due to the additional costs products to an island . Islands face the factor of isolation . Nevertheless , isolation can be a good thing . In the global pandemic of , isolation can be a positive factor . At least theoretically , island countries or territories have the possibility of blocking all travel to and from their island . As you will read in Chapter 76 , attempts to close an island may fail , as they did for Puerto Rico . Clearly for a pandemic , land borders are much more difficult to monitor than are sea and air borders . As we see from America current attempt to build a wall along its border with Mexico , land borders may be crossed in a variety of means . To arrive in an island country , you need a boat or an airplane . 112

PACIFIC REALM POPULATION GEOGRAPHY II 113 New Zealand is an island country , featuring two main islands for nearly all of the populace . It has a population of nearly five million people . In addition to the inherent isolation of being an island country , New Zealand remote location places it far distant from almost every other place on the planet . To fly to nearby Australia is to travel nearly 2600 miles . Yes , that right , the proximity of its nearest prominent neighbor is like the distance from Los Angeles to New Banks Peninsula , New Zealand Photo by Bernard on York This makes New Zealand an ideal location for a demographic and medical experiment . How would a contagious disease spread through an island country of five million people ?

Naturally , no one would set this up as a real experiment . Computer simulations could be run . However , made this a reality . The first documented case of in New Zealand was on February 28 , 2020 . The initial cases of the virus were travelers who had returned from Iran or Italy . New Zealand government instituted a nearly complete shutdown of the country for March 24 to April , followed by very gradual relaxation of restrictions . International travel was highly regulated , so that New Zealand citizens could return to the homeland but would face a quarantine upon arrival . Foreigners were not allowed to enter the country . New Zealand instituted very active measures for virus testing and in contact tracing . The country tallied 1504 cases , but only 22 deaths . New Zealand now has no new cases of the , in fact , no new cases for over two weeks . According to , on June , New Zealand was the second most populated country that has no active cases of ( New Guinea was the most populated such ) Of the 22 territories with no active cases of the virus , 19 are islands . The exceptions are , and the of Vatican City .

114 JOEL QUAM AND SCOTT CAMPBELL New Zealand Prime is very popular in her country , actually the most popular there in the past century . In 2020 , a poll asked people if they felt that the nationwide lockdown was the right call . The poll revealed that of respondents said Yes . I doubt if we could find any national political action to have 90 support of Americans . As revealed in Chapter 23 , in several ways Iceland is northern hemisphere version of New Zealand . The parallels continue with the , as Iceland had only active cases and only 1807 total cases . Did You Know ?

Here is a Kiwi popular . Note that is the native name for the land there . God was spotted in New Zealand . Someone asks What are you doing in , God ?

Working from home , bro ! street art , Photo by duncan New Zealand Prime Minister picked up Stephen at the airport , as featured on The Late Show with Stephen . Would seem like living in small homes ?

in New Zealand Photo by Andres on Hot Off the Press PACIFIC REALM POPULATION GEOGRAPHY II 115 This article notes that elements of New Zealand geography physical landscape and low population density helped it defeat the . Shepherd , Marshall . 2020 . How Geography Helped New Zealand Beat . Forbes . August 10 , CITED AND ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY Cave , Damien . 2020 . New Zealand Lifts Lockdown as It Declares Virus Eliminated , for Now . The New York Times , June , 2020 , sec . World . 2020 . June 11 , 22 . duncan , Prime Minister , New Zealand . Generic ( Lynch , jenna . 2020 . Research Poll Overwhelming Number of Kiwis Back Government Lockdown , May 18 , 2020 , sec . Politics . Richter , Konstantin . 2020 . How New Zealand Beat the POLITICO . May 14 , Alexandra . 2020 . How New Zealand Eliminated . Forbes . June , Ben . 2020 . With No Active Cases , New Zealand is Lifting Almost All its . June ,