GEOFEATURES AND RESOURCE ELEMENT COMBINATION OF TUMEN RIVER ECONOMIC GROWTH TRIANGLE

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GEOFEATURES AND RESOURCE ELEMENT COMBINATION OF TUMEN RIVER ECONOMIC GROWTH TRIANGLE

The development of world economy has been heading for globalization and regionalization. In recent years, this tendency has born great impact on the rapid economic development of the Asian and Pacific countries, which assumes the form of economic growth triangle as their major way for regional cooperation involving multiple nations. Among these, the Tumen River Triangle consisting of six countries' cooperation may have attracted great attention. Since 1991 when UNDP began to draw up plans for such a mammoth project which is called the Tumen River Area Development Project (or TRADP), the international economic cooperation in this area has been developing energetically. It is now necessary to assess the characteristics of geographical conditions and various economic resources from the viewpoints of economic geography and expound the mammoth benefits both in economy and to society. The demonstration would undoubtedly absorb more international capital to this area and enhance its economic and social development.