Introduction to Geography: Laboratory Exercises and Readings

Acknowledgements
Introduction

Unit 1: Basic Concepts and Map Interpretations Skills
1.1 Location, Direction and Distance
1.2 Classification of Region Using ArcGIS Explorer
1.3 Map Reading and Analysis
1.4 Map Projections
1.5 Data Collection, Portrayal and Interpretation

Unit 2: Physical Geography and Environmental Conditions
2.1 Structural Analysis of the Earth
2.2 Landform Identification in the United States
2.3 Spatial Variations in Weather and Climate: Hypothesis Testing
2.4 Spatial Variations in Weather and Climate/Climographs
2.5 Global Meteorological Hazards: Assessing the Impacts of Extreme Events

Unit 3: Human Environmental Analysis
3.1 Building Interpreting Population Pyramids for Demographic and Regional Planning
3.2 The United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals
3.4 Contemporary Political Patterns and Processes: Emerging Trends in the European Union

Unit 4: Supplementary Readings
4.1 Spatial Patterns and Health Disparities in Childhood Lead Exposure: Characteristics and Profiles of Vulnerable Communities – Group Discussion
4.2 Water Resources
4.3 Sustainable Food Systems
4.4 Hazards, Disasters and Climate Change

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