GEO4930 Senior Seminar- From Graduation to Future COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is a bridge to your future after graduation and will prepare you to take steps toward graduate studies or a career in geography or a related field. This course also serves as a capstone class in which your student learning outcomes as a Geography […]
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GEO4700 GEO6706 Transportation Geography Course Description Introduces the history and evolution of transportation systems, and essential concepts, theories, and topics in transportation geography, such as spatial organization, economic foundations, urban form, major modes, globalization, and environmental impacts. Also covers network representation of transportation systems, network measures, and core methods and tools for visualizing and analyzing […]
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GEO4034 GEO5349 Weather, Climate, and Society Weather and climate-related disasters do not impact all sectors of society equally in the United States. Geographic differences in exposure to weather & climate hazards fail to fully explain why disparities exist among places and groups of people affected by disasters. Social vulnerability is a critical concept that helps […]
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GEO3341 EXTREME FLOODS GEO6348 FLOODS SEMINAR (Gen-Ed PN) Course description: Examines the world’s most extreme floods from the Pleistocene through present due to various causes. Discusses physical and human aspects of flood warning, preparedness, response and recovery throughout the world. Topics include past and present physical and human-influenced drivers of floods, problems beyond direct inundation, […]
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GEO2006 Natural Hazards Geography **GEN ED COURSE: SOCIAL SCIENCE (S) & INTERNATIONAL (N)** We will use the geographic lens of human-environment interactions to understand how disasters emerge from a complex web of social, cultural, psychological, political, and economic forces in tandem with extreme weather, climate, and geophysical hazard events. The course discusses international historical, recent, […]
GEA3500 Geography of Europe (Social and Behavioral Science, International) Snooty, lazy, conquering and privileged populations impacted by corruption, immigration and environmental degradation .. or NOT * Consider diverse and resilient landscapes and people of Europe * Examines spatial geography of Europe, stereotypes and contemporary questions * Popular culture, music, environment, language, religion, economies, politics, urban […]
SIMMONS, WALKER – Forest Transition and Fuzzy Environments in Neoliberal Mexico Cynthia Simmons, Marta Astier, Robert Walker, Jaime Fernando Navia-Antezana, Yan Gao, Yankuic Galván-Miyoshi, Dan Klooster Article first published online: 6 April 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/land12040840 ABSTRACT: Although deforestation remains a continuing threat to both the natural world and its resident human populations, a countervailing land […]
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Speaker: Dr. Yilin Zhuang Regional Specialized Agent Water Resources University of Florida IFAS Extension Thursday, April 13, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: An estimated 2.5 million Floridians rely on private wells for home consumption. While public water systems are monitored under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, […]
GIS2114 WORLD & BIG DATA Today’s world is driven by data. This course will introduce relevant concepts and techniques (e.g., cloud computing) of big (spatial) data as well as its applications in the real world! COURSE OBJECTIVES Understand, know, and be familiar with The unique characteristics of big data The techniques used for collecting, storing, […]
GEO2500 Global and Regional Economies Summer 2023: Asynchronous 100% Online Meets Social Science General Education & Writing Requirements (6000 words) This course explores contemporary perspectives, themes, and research in economic and political geography focusing on events and issues associated with regional and global economic and demographic change. Analyze regional variations and disparities in growth and […]
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