National Geographic - May 1993, Vol. 183 No. 5
Central Park: Oasis in the City (The great green retreat in
the heart of Manhattan offers pastoral landscapes that draw 15 million visitors
each year. Since 1858 Central Park has been a model for bringing parks to city
people.)
The Middle East’s
Water: Critical Resource (Will water someday trigger war in the Middle East?
The possibility exists, unless nations in the region set aside ancient
animosities and cooperate to make use of adequate but dwindling supplies.)
America’s Beekeepers:
Hives for Hire (Load the bees and hit the road. Key players in U.S.
agriculture, migratory beekeepers roll with the season, renting out beehives to
pollinate crops and reaping their own rich harvest of honey.)
Europe Faces an
Immigrant Tide (Fleeing poverty or persecution, millions of immigrants from
Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe seek refuge in the West. But resentment
and even violence make for an often bitter welcome.)
Mongolian Nomads:
Past Becomes Future for (With the collapse of communism and central planning,
nomadic herders return to their old ways. Leaving cradle-to-grave welfare
behind, they ride unfamiliar terrain in a market economy.)
Middle East water supply; Central Park, New York;
beekeepers; Immigration into Europe; Mongolian nomads.
