Geography 1200A: Introduction to Human Geography

Fall 2010; Lectures: MWF 12:00-12:50, PE 250


Instructor: Ian MacLachlan
Office: University Hall B872
E-Mail: maclachlan@uleth.ca
Phone: 403 329-2076
 
Graduate Assistant: Lewis Baarda
Office: University Hall C754
E-mail: lewis.baarda@uleth.ca
Phone: 403 329-2535

Course Outline (MS Word version for printing)
Course Objectives
Lectures

Field Trip Guide

 

Assignment 1

Data analysis assignment instructions and questions

l  Excel data spreadsheet

l  Optional tutorials:

l  Oct 2, AH149: 4:00-5:30

l  Oct 3, E-646: 4:00-5:30

          Simmons, J. and L.S. Bourne 2007 “Living with population growth and decline” Plan Canada 47(2): 13-21.

           

l  Postmortem on Assignment 1 (by Lewis Baarda)

 

Assignment 2

Journal Article Review: Terms of Reference       

       

Hazard Assessment (Occupational Health and Safety requirement)

 

GetFAST (disabled Nov 29, 2007) Please use the anonymous standard course evaluation.

(To respond anonymously to the instructor, classes or grades, password= fast.

Please do not use this link for the regular end-of-course evaluation through the U of L web)

 

 

Required Reading Links

 

Week 0

Garrett Hardin “The Tragedy of the Commons

 

Week 1: World’s Most Livable Cities

·        According to Business Week (2007)
·        According to The Economist (August 22, 2007)
·        Calgary Annexation Information and Annexation backgrounder
·        Defining Extensive Urban Areas: The Case of Lethbridge CA

Week 2

Ian MacLachlan “Situational Factors and Urban Growth: The Case of Lethbridge

 

Week 4

John Adams “Residential Structure of Midwestern CitiesAnnals of the Association of American Geographers 60(1): 37-62. (only pp. 46-52 is essential)

 

Week 6

Garrett Hardin “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against helping the Poor

Reprinted from Psychology Today September 1974

 

Week 7

International Trade Agreements and Local Government

Annex A: Canada’s Free Trade Agreements and Negotiations: An Overview

 

Week 8

United Nations Human Development Report 2006 – Beyond Scarcity: Power, Poverty and the Global Water Crisis

Only the Forward to the Summary is required.

 

Week 10

Spence Croil and Ian MacLachlan “Your Call is Important to Us

 

Week 11

Giovanni Federico Review essay on The Conditions of Agricultural Growth by Ester Boserup. A brief statement about a seminal work

 

Week 12

United Nations Human Development Report 2007/2008 – Human Development and Climate Change

          To be released in November 2007 - Only the Forward to the Summary is required.

 

Optional Reading and Miscellaneous Links
          Calgary CMA (map)
          Vancouver CMA (map)
          Lethbridge CA (map)
Delineation rules for CAs and CMAs (Just get the general gist of this one!)
 

                   Boston Consulting Group 2006 Perspectives: Disposable Factories

                   Chicago by Carl Sandburg

United Nations Human Development Report 2006
          E-Stat (educational link to Statistics Canada sources, requires username)
          E-Stat Cansim User Guide
          Gunter Krumme’s Economic & Business Geography
Economic Development of Lethbridge by Ian MacLachlan
Choose Lethbridge – Business Investment Profile by Economic Development Lethbridge
Term Paper Style Guide
U of L Library Guide to Guides