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1 Works of Dr. P.P. Karan Books Japan After 3/11: Global Perspectives on the Earthquake, Tsunami, and Fukushima Meltdown. University Press of Kentucky, The Indian Ocean Tsunami: The Global Response to a Natural Disaster. University Press of Kentucky, Japan in the 21 st Century. University Press of Kentucky, The Non-Western World: Environment, Development and Human Rights. Routledge, Japan in the Bluegrass. University Press of Kentucky, Leaders in American Geography. New Mexico Geographical Society, Himalaya: Life on the Edge of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, Japanese Landscapes: Where Land & Culture Merge. University Press of Kentucky, 1998.

2 The Japanese City. University Press of Kentucky, Nepal: A Himalayan Kingdom in Transition. United Nations University Press, Nepal: Development and Change in a Landlocked Himalayan Kingdom. Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Beyond the Great Divide: Denver to the Grand Canyon. Rutgers University Press, Across the Appalachians: Washington, DC to Lake Michigan. Rutgers University Press, International Boundaries of Saudi Arabia. Galaxy Publications, Bhutan: Environment, Culture and Development Strategy. Intellectual Pub. House, India in the Global Community. Gateway Press, Bhutan: Development Amid Environmental and Cultural Preservation. Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Sikkim Himalaya: Development in Mountain Environment. Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, The Evolution of Geographic Thought in America: A Kentucky Root. Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., Atlas of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky, The Changing Face of Tibet: The Impact of Chinese Communist Ideology on the Landscape. University Press of Kentucky, 1976.

3 Kentucky: A Regional Geography. Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., The Himalayan Kingdoms: Bhutan, Sikkim, and Nepal. Van Nostrand, Dividing the Water: A Problem in Political Geography. The Association for American Geographers, Nepal: A Cultural and Physical Geography. University Press of Kentucky, Articles Karan, P. P. (2009). The new Tibet. Focus on Geography, 52(2): Karan, P.P., Parkas, R. & Parkas, J. (2009). Photojournal: Across the great Himalayas to Tibet. Focus on Geography, 52(3-4): Karan, P.P. & Mather, C. (2009). The past third-century of the Annals. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 68(4): Karan, P.P. (2009). Landscape, religion and folk art in Mithila: An Indian cultural region. Journal of Cultural Geography, 5(1): Karan, P.P. (2004). Cotton Mather Geographers Biobibliographical Studies, 23: Karan, P.P. (2003). In memoriam: Cotton Mather ( ). Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 93(2):

4 Karan, P.P. (1989). Environment and development in Sikkim Himalaya: A review. Human Ecology, 17(2): Karan, P.P. (1987). Population characteristics of the Himalayan region. Mountain Research and Development, 7(3): Karan, P.P. (1987). Development issues in Sikkim and Bhutan. Mountain Research and Development, 7(3): Karan, P.P. (1987). Environment and development in Bhutan. Geografiska Annaler, 69(1): Karan, P.P. & Mather, C. (1986). The trouble with college geography. Journal of Geography, 85(3): Mather, C. & Karan, P.P. (1978). The concept of land support units: Bhutan. Geografiska Annaler, 60(1): Karan, P.P. & Mather, C. (1976). Art and geography: Patterns in the Himalaya. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 66(4): Karan, P.P. (1964). Changes in Indian industrial location. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 54(3): Karan, P.P. (1961). Sikkim and Bhutan: A geographical appraisal. Journal of Geography, 60(2): Karan, P.P. (1960). A free access to colonial enclaves. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 50(2):

5 Karan, P.P. & Jenkins, W.M. (1959). Geography of manufacturing in India. Economic Geography, 35(3): Karan, P.P. (1957). Iron mining industry in Singhbhum-Mayurbhanj region of India. Economic Geography, 33(4): Karan, P.P. (1953). Economic regions of Chota Nagpur, Bihar, India. Economic Geography, 29(3): Maps Karan, P.P., Pauer, G. & Iijima, S. (1986). The Kingdom of Bhutan [map]. (ca. 1:340,000) Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky. Karan, P.P., Pauer, G. & Iijima, S. (1983). The Kingdom of Nepal [map]. (ca. 1:620,000) Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa. Karan, P.P. & Queen, J.E. (1973). Kathmandu-Patan: The twin cities urban system [map]. (ca. 1:13,400) Louisville, KY: Nepal Geographical Society. Karan, P.P., Queen, J.E. & Zang, E.E. (1969). The Kingdom of Sikkim [map]. (ca. 1:150,000) Washington: Association of American Geographers. Karan, P.P., Queen, J.E. & Zang, E.E. (1965). The Kingdom of Bhutan [map]. (ca. 1:253,440) Lawrence, KS: Association of American Geographers.

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