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GEOG102
WorldProblemsinGeographicPerspective

Lecture1
CourseIntroductionandOverview

GEOG102:WorldProblemsinGeographic
Perspective
WELCOME
Coursedescription:
Anexaminationofcurrentworldscaleproblemsintheir
regionalandglobalcontexts
Theemphasisisplacedontheimportanceofthephysical
environmentinhumanaffairs
Objectives:
1. Tounderstandthefunctioningofthenaturalenvironment,
andthesocial,economicandpoliticalframeworkswithin
whichtheworldproblemsoccur
2. Toutilizeinterdisciplinaryfieldofgeographyandanalyze
selectedglobalissuesintermsoftheircurrentstatus,
causes,consequencesandemergingsolutions

Middletonreading:Ch 1

January6,2014

WhoamI?
Myname
FaranAli
Myoffice
RCB7138
Email
farana@sfu.ca
Phone
7787826962
Officehours:
Monday:1:003:00pm

.andwhydoIteachthisclass?
BSc,CivilEngineering(Lahore,Pakistan)
MSc,Hydrology(Delft,theNetherlands)
PhD,Geography(UofSaskatchewan)
Spent2yearsworkingasapostdoctoralfellowatUBC
JoinedSFUGeographyin2012asalecturer
Teachinginterests
PhysicalGeography,Hydrology,Geomorphology
EnvironmentalGeography
QuantitativeMethods

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.andwhydoIteachthisclass?
SFUteachingexperience(20122013)

GEOG102:Worldproblemsingeographicperspective
GEOG111:Earthsystems
GEOG251:Quantitativegeography
GEOG310:Physicalgeographyfieldcourse
GEOG311:HydrologyI
GEOG411:Advancedhydrology

Whoareyou?
Tohelpme,pleasewritedown:
Yourname
________________________________________________________
Whereareyoufrom/whatgeographicareayouaremostfamiliarwith
______________________________________________________________
Whendidyougraduatehighschoolandwhere________________________
Universitysemesters/yearscompleted______________________________

Myresearch
Soilerosionmodellingandsedimentation
Hydrologyandgeomorphology
LargeAsianandAmericanRiverbasins
IndusRiverbasin
YangtzeandYellowRiverbasins
MississippiRiverbasin

Geography
Geographyisthescienceofplaceandspace
(AssociationofAmericanGeographers)

Geographyisthestudyoftheearthslandscapes,peoples,
placesandenvironments(RoyalGeographicalSociety)
How,why,andwherehumanandnaturalactivitiesoccur,
howtheseactivitiesareinterconnected, and
whataretheirimplications

YourindividualdegreegoalatSFU__________________________________
Whatisyourobjectivefortakingthiscourse__________________________
Anyspecialtopicsyouhopewewillcoverinthiscourse_________________
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Geography

Thetwosidesofgeography

What?Where?Whythere?

Regionalgeography
Systematicgeography

Whyarethingswheretheyare?
1. Regionalgeography
looksatplacesonearthandwhatmakesthemunique

Focus
Space
Location
Distribution

Prairies

Thetwosidesofgeography
Alpinelandscape
Coastlines

2. Systematicgeography
concernedwithindividualphysicalandculturalelements
oftheearth

Deserts
Urbanlandscapes

Rurallandscapes

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ThereisNORequiredtextbookforthiscourse.

Recommendedtextbook

Tentativecourselayout

WillbeplacedOnReserveintheLibrary
Date

Lecture topic

Jan 6
Jan 13
Jan 20
Jan 27
Feb 3
Feb 10

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Feb 17
Feb 24
Mar 3
Mar 10
Mar 17
Mar 24
Middleton,N.2013.
TheGlobalCasino(5th Edition)
HachetteLivre

Mar 31
Apr 7

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Course Introduction and Overview

Population and Growth
Food Supply and Security
Energy Use and Demand Management
Freshwater Scarcity and Conflicts
ReadingBreak
Oceans and Coastal Problems
Due date Assignment 1
Midterm Exam
Climate Change and Air Quality Degradation
Resource Extraction and Consumption
Deforestation and Forest Degradation
Biodiversity Loss and Protected Spaces
Due date Assignment 2
Political Challenges
Course wrapup

Grading
WeeklyTutorials

15%

multiplechoiceandtrue/falsequestions
shortanswerquestionswithsmallchoice
1essayquestionwithsmallchoice

Ch. 11, 12
Ch. 19
Ch. 4
Ch. 15

Notutorial
Ford(2009)
Kerr(2011)
Economist(2009)
Warrenetal.(2013)

Ch. 22

Borgerson (2008)
Notutorial

1015minutesgrouppresentation(groupof2students)
25%

multiplechoiceandtrue/falsequestions
1essayquestionwithsmallchoice

Monday,April11th (8:3011:30am)
Format

Pauly etal.(2002)

Todevelopresearchandcriticalthinkingskills
Todevelopskillsasadiscussant

20%

Monday, February24th (inclass)

Format

FinalExam

Ch. 6, 7

Objective

2assignments

MidtermExam

Tutorial
readings
No tutorial
Malakoff(2011)
Godfray etal.(2010)
Hultman (2011)
Rogers(2008)

Weeklytutorials

Grouppresentation
Participation/discussion

Assignments

Middleton
readings
Ch. 1
Ch. 2, 3
Ch. 13, 14
Ch. 18
Ch. 8, 9

40%

Percentage(%)
90100

Lettergrade
A+

8589
8084
7679

A
A
B+

7275
6871
6467

B
B
C+

6063
5559
5054

C
C
D

049

F(Fail)

Presentationfollowedbydiscussion/debate

Participation
Attendance
Classetiquetteandbehaviour
Evidenceofhavingreadtheweeklyassignedpaperthoroughly

No tutorialsthis week!
TutorialsstartNext week(fromMonday,January13th)
Malakoff(2011);makegroupsandpresentationsignup

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Tutorialsections
SectionD101
SectionD102
SectionD103
SectionD104
SectionD105
SectionD106
SectionD107
SectionD108

Monday
Monday
Thursday
Monday
Thursday
Thursday
Thursday
Thursday

10:30AM 11:20AM
11:30AM 12:20PM
11:30AM 12:20PM
12:30PM 1:20PM
10:30AM 11:20AM
2:30PM 3:20PM
9:30AM 10:20AM
11:30AM 12:20PM

Assignments
Room:RCB7110
Room:RCB7110
Room:RCB7110
Room:RCB7108
Room:RCB7108
Room:RCB7110
Room:RCB5125
Room:RCB5125

Twoassignments
Length:5pages
Doublespaced,11pointfontsize,1inchmarginallaround,5sources

Lateassignments
Ifyouhaveareasonforhandingintheassignmentslate,letusknow
inadvance!
Otherwiseeverylatedayis10%
Assignmentshandedinmorethanaweeklatewillnotbegraded
Assignmentswillweighequally

AssignmentswillbegradedbyourTAs

TAs
BrynMontgomery
MastersstudentinGeography
Contact:bmontgom@sfu.ca,RCB6232
Officehours:TBA

WhatIexpectfromyou
Prepareinadvanceforeachweekslecture,andattendthe
lecturesregularly
Youwillparticipateinclassandaskquestions
Youwillattendandparticipateinallweeklytutorials
Youwillhandinyourassignmentsinaprofessionalmanner

Kasia Tokarska
MastersstudentinGeography
Contact:kbt2@sfu.ca,RCB6302
Officehours:TBA

Youseekhelpbeforeyoubecomelost
Youwillcompleteassignedreadings

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Academichonesty
Iexpectyoutobehonest!!!
ItisOKtoworktogetherbutyouhavetohandinyourown
assignments!

Coursewebsite SFUCanvas
Lecturenotes,andtutorialreadingswillbeavailableviaSFU
Canvas(sfu.ca.canvas)

CheckouttheseSFUresourcesifyouwanttofindoutmore
aboutacademicdishonestyandplagiarism
http://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/writing/plagiarism
http://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/tutorials/plagiarismtutorial

RapidPopulationGrowth

RapidPopulationGrowth

http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html

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RapidPopulationGrowth

WorldFoodProblems
Worldgrainproduction
Totalgrainproductionhasincreased(~3timessince1950)
Grainperpersondidnotincrease

Source:MillerandHackett(2008)

Datasource:UnitedNations,WorldBank,andWorldHealthOrganization

WorldFoodProblems

EnergyUseandDemandManagement

Malnutrition(undernutrition)

Lackofcaloriesornutrients
3billionworldwide

Overnutrition
Toomanycalories
Fats,sugar,salt

Source:MillerandHackett(2008)

EnergySupplyandDemand
EnergyUse
EnergyResources
PeakOil

Historicpatternof
energyconsumption

ecolo.org/documents/documents_in_english/
WorldEnergyConsump18502000.jpg

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DeardenandMitchell(2009), Fig.1.8

Energyconsumptionpercapita

NaturalHazards

CBC.ca

www.munichre.com

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HurricaneIsaac,2012

HurricaneKatrina,2005

TheIndusRiverbasin
NaturalHazards Floods
2010IndusFlood
1/5landareaofPakistanunder
water
2000deaths
20millionpeopleaffected

TheIndusRiverbasin
NaturalHazards Landslides
Hunza Landslide(Jan,2010)

Length:2km
Damheight:110m
Reservoirlength:22km
Populationevacuated:16,000
Populationatrisk:42,000

JohnsonsLandinglandslide(July,2012)

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TheIndusRiverbasin
NaturalHazards Earthquakes

Sustainableeconomies
andpoliticalchallenges

2005KashmirEarthquake

October8,2005(8:50am)
Magnitude:7.6
Depth:10km
Epicentre:Muzaffarabad
79,000deadinPakistan
3millionhomeless

Developedcountries
Developingcountries
Positiveaspects
Negativeaspects

Datasource:UnitedNationsandWorldHealthOrganization

EconomicGlobalization:APoliticalChallenge
Abroadprocessofglobalsocial,economicandenvironmentalchange
Aprocessbywhichthepeopleoftheworldareunifiedintoasingle
society,leadingtoanincreasinglyintegratedworld

Nextweek(January13th)
Lecture2
PopulationandGrowth

Transformingthehealthoftheplanet
aforceofeconomicprogress
aforceofenvironmentaldamagetotheplanet
human/socialcosts:poverty,inequality,injustice,.

Tutorial
TutorialsintroductionbyourTAs
Discussion:Malakoff(2011)
Makegroupwithanotherstudent
Signupfora presentation

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