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Resources for Introductory Human Geography
Module 1: Models in Geography
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Lectures
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Supporting Documents
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Web Links
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Animations
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Spreadsheet models
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PCRaster models
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Stella models
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GIS
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Interactive Assignments
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| History of discipline |
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| Conceptual Framework |
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Module 2: Spatial Demography
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Lectures
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Supporting
Documents
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Web Links
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Animations
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Spreadsheet models
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PCRaster models
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Stella models
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GIS
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Interactive Assignments
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| Accounts, rates, & growth |
P, S, D |
California components of growth 1941-99. |
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doubling time |
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Population pyramids |
| Spatial & non-spatial risk factors |
P, S, D |
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US: dependency, growth, centroid |
age-cause specific death rates |
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U.S. World |
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| Disease process & diffusion |
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CDC infectious disease & survellience |
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US: AIDS diffusion
Cholera (Snow)
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hierarchical diffusion in US. |
Rabies
Compartmental models of disease spread
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AIDS diffusion |
| Forecasting & Policy |
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uni- & multiregional |
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Module 3: Human Settlement Systems & Spatial Economics
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Lectures
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Supporting Documents
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Web Links
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Animations
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Spreadsheet models
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PCRaster models
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Stella models
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GIS
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Interactive Assignments
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| Historical settlement patterns |
P |
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| Development processes and settlement form |
P |
CIA factbook |
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US Regional distress indicators 1975-99
Walmart
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Rank size distribution |
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US & global development indicators |
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| Rural land use |
P |
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von Thunen |
von Thunen |
von Thunen |
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| Urban growth |
P |
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Cellular automata: Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Baltimore-Washington |
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Cellular automata |
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Module 4: Human-Environment Interaction
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Lectures
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Supporting Documents
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Web Links
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Animations
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Spreadsheet models
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PCRaster models
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Stella models
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GIS
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Interactive Assignments
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| Overview |
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| Human-atmosphere |
P |
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| Human-hydrosphere |
P |
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| Human-lithosphere |
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| Prospects |
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