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This website is preserved as an Archive for the NSF-funded
SPACE program (2003-2007). Current resources in support of
Spatially Integrated Social Science
are now available at the following:

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www.spatial.ucsb.edu

www.gispopsci.org

www.teachspatial.org

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SPACE Discipline Resources

Disciplines >> Human Geography

Human Geography

SPACE Sessions and Conference Workshops

• Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, March 2009

Workshop Participant Contributions

• Mark Bjelland, Gustavus Adolphus College
• Owen Dwyer, Indiana University
• David Padgett, Tennessee State University
• Nancy Obermeyer, Indiana State University, Terre Haute
• Benjamin Forest, Dartmouth College / McGill University

Course Syllabi

• Introduction to Human Geography
• Urban and Regional Analysis
• Rural Spatial Patterns

CSISS Classics

• Walter Christaller: Hierarchical Patterns of Urbanization
• Vernor C. Finch: The "Fractional Code" for Land Use Mapping, 1933
• Torsten Hägerstrand: Time Geography
• Mark Jefferson: "Civilizing Rails", 1928
• Melinda S. Meade: Medical Geography and Human Ecology, 1977
• Friedrich Ratzel, Clark Wissler, and Carl Sauer: Culture Area Research and Mapping
• Ellen Churchill Semple: The Anglo-Saxons of the Kentucky Mountains, 1901
• Johann-Heinrich von Thünen: Balancing Land-Use Allocation with Transport Cost
• Alfred Weber: Theory of the Location of Industries, 1909
• John Kirtland Wright: Early Quantitative Geography, 1937

Publications

"This section is in progress. Please let us know if you want to recommend a publication."

Links

• Cultural Landscapes - Lecture notes providing a discussion of the social landscapes of North America.
• Developing Undergraduate Curriculum in Spatial Reasoning -
• Geography Discipline Network (GDN) - Providing pedagogic resources for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences in higher education.
• Geography: About.com - Includes articles, annotated links, daily geographic quizzes, bulletin board, and chat room.
• Geosense: an online world geography game - Test your knowledge of world geography alone or against another online player.
• GIS and Spatial Analysis Tools to Enhance Social Science Course Content and Research -
• GIS Case Studies - Examples of United States and Canada raster and vector GIS projects.
• GIS, GPS, and Spatial Analysis Tools in Support of Service Learning Course -
• Integrating GIS and Urban Geography in the Classroom (& Beyond) -
• Introduction to Human Geography - Features course description, outline and lecture notes in PDF format. Taught by Stuart Sweeney, UCSB.
• National Council for Geographic Education - Includes publications, activities, mission statement, links and contacts.
• The Geography Faculty Development Alliance - A long-term, broad-based project to improve the learning and teaching of geography in higher education. The aim is to provide early career faculty and advanced doctoral students with the theoretical and practical knowledge needed to excel in the lecture hall, seminar room, and laboratory.
• University Consortium for Geographic Information Science - Non-profit organization of universities and other research institutions dedicated to advancing our understanding of geographic processes and spatial relationships through improved theory, methods, technology, and data.

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