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3.00 Credits
An examination of our climate system, including the physics of the greenhouse effect and mechanisms/forcings, both natural and human, of climate change. The second part of the course focuses on climate change observed in the past, today, and in the future, including methods of past climate reconstruction and future climate prediction. The third part of the course extends the discussion beyond the scientific basis and into questions of impacts, vulnerabilities, and possible adaptation/mitigation strategies. Prerequisite: GARP 0102 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the world's major geographic realms, focusing on characteristics such as language, religion, population growth, and national development which give identity to these realms and often spawn conflict between realms.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys major world tourist areas, the role of the physical environment in tourism and recreation, trip planning, travel agency operations and recreational planning.
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3.00 Credits
Behavioral geography focuses on the relationship (or interaction) between the geographic environment and human spatial behavior. Some major topics of the course include: how one's mental images of the environment influence spatial behavior; cognitive mapping, a study of human orientation in geographic space; preferences or evaluations of certain types of climates or landscapes; models of spatial decision making: e.g., migration decisions, human versus environment studies, hazard perception, personal space, and the affective bond between people and places. Prerequisite: sophomore standing.
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3.00 Credits
An analysis of basic economic activities and the ways in which environmental factors affect them. Major emphasis is given to the differences between economies of abundance and economies of scarcity, with special emphasis on present world resource problems. This course may be taken as part of the requirements for Economic majors with the permission of both departments.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the urban setting through a geographical analysis of its social, economic, demographic, political and environmental problems. The structure of the course will allow the student to conduct independent research in areas where his/her main interests lie. Independent research will be prefaced with a short history of the origin, growth development and spread of urbanism. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Explores a variety of conditions, problem issues, and potential solutions confronting today's increasingly global and interdependent society. Students are introduced to futurism methodologies such as delphi polls, trend extrapolations, future histories, and cross-impact matrices. Topical subject matter for the course includes exploding and imploding populations, global food supply problems, water supply and quality issues, air pollution sources and solutions, solid waste disposal, environmental disasters such as Bhopal, India, the problems and prospects for nuclear power, and geographical conflicts of global proportion like the Middle East. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the patterns of provision, use and management of recreation resources. Primary focus is on outdoor public recreation resources. Major topics include spatial analysis of physical setting, development of public needs, government policies, site management, economic and social concepts which impact on outdoor recreation planning. Special emphasis will be placed on the recreational resources of the New England region. Prerequisite: Sophomore status.
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3.00 Credits
An analysis of land use within the urban area and a historical perspective on land use in America from colonial times to the present. Part two is devoted to an in-field inventory of present day patterns of land use in a local urban area. The concluding segment of the course will involve analysis of the land use inventories to determine areas of conflicting land uses and to offer solutions to resolve these conflicts. Prerequisite: GARP 0102.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with a basic understanding of the physical setting in which planning is accomplished. The principles of landform analysis are intensively studied. Case studies involving natural hazards will be presented. Extensive use of maps. Prerequisite: GARP 0102.
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