Works of Dr. P.P. Karan 1960-2016 Books Japan After 3/11: Global Perspectives on the Earthquake, Tsunami, and Fukushima Meltdown. University Press of Kentucky, 2016. The Indian Ocean Tsunami: The Global Response to a Natural Disaster. University Press of Kentucky, 2011. Japan in the 21 st Century. University Press of Kentucky, 2005. The Non-Western World: Environment, Development and Human Rights. Routledge, 2004. Japan in the Bluegrass. University Press of Kentucky, 2001. Leaders in American Geography. New Mexico Geographical Society, 2000. Himalaya: Life on the Edge of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. Japanese Landscapes: Where Land & Culture Merge. University Press of Kentucky, 1998.
The Japanese City. University Press of Kentucky, 1997. Nepal: A Himalayan Kingdom in Transition. United Nations University Press, 1996. Nepal: Development and Change in a Landlocked Himalayan Kingdom. Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, 1994. Beyond the Great Divide: Denver to the Grand Canyon. Rutgers University Press, 1992. Across the Appalachians: Washington, DC to Lake Michigan. Rutgers University Press, 1992. International Boundaries of Saudi Arabia. Galaxy Publications, 1990. Bhutan: Environment, Culture and Development Strategy. Intellectual Pub. House, 1990. India in the Global Community. Gateway Press, 1988. Bhutan: Development Amid Environmental and Cultural Preservation. Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, 1987. Sikkim Himalaya: Development in Mountain Environment. Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, 1984. The Evolution of Geographic Thought in America: A Kentucky Root. Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 1983. Atlas of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky, 1977. The Changing Face of Tibet: The Impact of Chinese Communist Ideology on the Landscape. University Press of Kentucky, 1976.
Kentucky: A Regional Geography. Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 1973. The Himalayan Kingdoms: Bhutan, Sikkim, and Nepal. Van Nostrand, 1963. Dividing the Water: A Problem in Political Geography. The Association for American Geographers, 1961. Nepal: A Cultural and Physical Geography. University Press of Kentucky, 1960. Articles Karan, P. P. (2009). The new Tibet. Focus on Geography, 52(2): 7-13. Karan, P.P., Parkas, R. & Parkas, J. (2009). Photojournal: Across the great Himalayas to Tibet. Focus on Geography, 52(3-4): 16-22. Karan, P.P. & Mather, C. (2009). The past third-century of the Annals. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 68(4): 591-595. Karan, P.P. (2009). Landscape, religion and folk art in Mithila: An Indian cultural region. Journal of Cultural Geography, 5(1): 85-101. Karan, P.P. (2004). Cotton Mather 1918-1999. Geographers Biobibliographical Studies, 23: 85-96. Karan, P.P. (2003). In memoriam: Cotton Mather (1918-1999). Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 93(2): 485-493.
Karan, P.P. (1989). Environment and development in Sikkim Himalaya: A review. Human Ecology, 17(2): 257-271. Karan, P.P. (1987). Population characteristics of the Himalayan region. Mountain Research and Development, 7(3): 271-274. Karan, P.P. (1987). Development issues in Sikkim and Bhutan. Mountain Research and Development, 7(3): 275-278. Karan, P.P. (1987). Environment and development in Bhutan. Geografiska Annaler, 69(1): 15-26. Karan, P.P. & Mather, C. (1986). The trouble with college geography. Journal of Geography, 85(3): 95-97. Mather, C. & Karan, P.P. (1978). The concept of land support units: Bhutan. Geografiska Annaler, 60(1): 28-35. Karan, P.P. & Mather, C. (1976). Art and geography: Patterns in the Himalaya. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 66(4): 487-512. Karan, P.P. (1964). Changes in Indian industrial location. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 54(3): 336-354. Karan, P.P. (1961). Sikkim and Bhutan: A geographical appraisal. Journal of Geography, 60(2): 58-66. Karan, P.P. (1960). A free access to colonial enclaves. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 50(2): 188-190.
Karan, P.P. & Jenkins, W.M. (1959). Geography of manufacturing in India. Economic Geography, 35(3): 269-278. Karan, P.P. (1957). Iron mining industry in Singhbhum-Mayurbhanj region of India. Economic Geography, 33(4): 349-361. Karan, P.P. (1953). Economic regions of Chota Nagpur, Bihar, India. Economic Geography, 29(3): 216-250. 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.