Geography

My Professional Work Journal: CLA 1 – CLO 1, CLO 2, CLO 3 Journal response. In Weeks 3-7 you were directed to keep a professional work journal (Please refer to Week 2 for a review of instructions). Now you will review your work journal entries and arrange some of them into an essay. The essay will reflect upon those five (5) weeks of experiences recorded in your journal and what you have learned.  Include how they may have furthered your career or caused you to rethink your career goals.  Your essay should include your experiences, observations, and the key concepts based on the internship and business course experience. The CLA 1 assignment will be a Turnitin paper of 4 to 6 pages. Your paper should be formatted in APA style. Include at least two (2) peer-reviewed sources related to course material taken in your academic program and scholarly journals. 

 When earthquakes, hurricanes, or other so-called “natural” disasters strike, humans tend to blame nature and see themselves as innocent victims of a harsh and cruel natural world.To what extent do environmental hazards stem from unpredictable nature, and to what extent do they originate from human activity? Should victims blame nature, other people, or themselves for the disaster? Why or why not?

Urban poverty is spatialized in both symbolic and material ways. Please discuss. In your response, please discuss geographies of urban poverty particularly from the perspective of urban residents, articulated through a variety of stories and interview data from the readings. High-quality essays will:  Include a clear main argument and be logically organized. Articulate how the urban is comprised of both formal and informal spaces, ·       Demonstrate how urban space is gendered (this can be one segment or run throughout the entire paper). Show how urban policies and laws are contested (resisted in a variety of ways). Include Explanatory Footnotes only if necessary; No Endnotes. Include a Reference list/Bibliography. Be written in 12 Font, double-spaced as a Word document only—no pdfs. Papers are to be uploaded, do not cut and paste. Range between 2000 (min) and 2500 words(max) – minimum 10 article

An introduction to geographic information (GI) and geographic information systems (GIS) 

Background Information We all know that we regularly face environmental challenges because our society is making decisions that hurt our environment. It’s your job, in this project to help make you and your region/municipality more environmentally friendly! Step 1: Choose a topic. Conserving household water Conserving household energy Reducing household waste Step 2: Research to find out what your region/municipality is doing about your topic. Be sure to take good notes on what you find. Step 3: Determine what could be done to improve your topic. Refer to your textbook for this and keep notes on what you find out! Step 4: Choose two actions that your region/municipality should take to improve your topic, using the information you’ve collected. Create a picture or collage to illustrate the two actions you chose. Make sure you give reasons to explain why you chose these actions. Step 5: Create a short presentation. The municipality of ________ (insert your community here) is effectively addressing environmental concerns in the area. ** You may choose to agree or disagree with this statement and prove it throughout your essay.You should choose at least three reasons for your choice and write about each in a body paragraph. Your essay should be five paragraphs: Introduction (introduce the topic and your side on it) Body Paragraph 1 (discuss reason 1) Body Paragraph 2 (discuss reason 2) Body Paragraph 3 (discuss reason 3) Conclusion (wrap up)

EXAMPLE OF CITATION: ” Domosh, M., Neumann, R., Price, P. and T. Jordan-Bychkov. 2013. The human mosaic: A cultural approach to human geography. 12th edition. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company. ” **INSTRUCTIONS** everything you need to know is on the Term Paper Instructions file I have attached. ONLY USE THE ARTICLE I HAVE PROVIDED AS A SOURCE. Wikipedia is NOT allowed.

The paper has to have photos. The landmarks that I want are the Sahara Desert, The Himalayas, The San Andreas Fault line and the Polar Ice Caps

These reading questions are designed to be used as a study aid and self-assessment tool to help you determine if you’ve sufficiently read and studied the assigned regions. Answer each of the questions below in 3-4 complete sentences. Each answer must include reasoning and rational by using and explaining key terms to support your answers. Please do not include the questions in your submissions, just the question numbers. Describe the locational, environmental, and climate factors that together help make the Caribbean a major international tourist destination. What environmental issues currently impact the Caribbean? Describe the risks and possible solutions. How did the long-term reliance on a plantation economy influence settlement patterns in the Caribbean? What is creolization, and how does it explain different cultural influences and patterns found in the Caribbean? What explains the relatively high levels of social development in the Caribbean given the region’s relative poverty? Submission Guidelines This is an assignment designed to help you apply what you are learning to real-life scenarios. To begin your reading questions assignment, select the submit button, and type your answers into the edit window. You may also type your answers in a document window then copy/paste them into the text entry window. Please do not include the questions in your submissions, just the question numbers. Need help submitting your reflection? See the Submit a Text Entry section of the Canvas Guide: How I submit an online assignment.

Write an essay explaining the following topics concerning the environment: 1. The Greenhouse Effect, 2. Hurricanes, 3. Tornadoes, 4. Typhoons You must give examples of each.

ASSIGNMENT: Natural Disasters & Severe Weather • Include your name and name of the assignment. • Include the titles of the two natural disasters presented. • The paper must be typed, double spaced and proofread. • The paper must be 4-5 pages long. 5 points • Visuals like maps, pictures, and graphs (which help explain some of the underlying causes/effects of the events) should be referenced in your writing (and attached as addition to the 4-5 pages essay). 5 points • Use at least six (6) “key terms” – at least 3 for each event, applicable to your events whenever possible. You’ll find them on the last page of each chapter or anywhere in textbook). Write key terms in bold. The more, the better! Worth 5 points. Example: That was an air mass that formed… • Give bibliographic information (references). Include all sources of information. Feel free to use any sources you like. • The paper must include any two natural disasters that happened anywhere on earth during the course of our class, or a few months earlier. Natural disasters: Earthquakes, Extreme Heat /Cold, Floods, Hurricanes, Landslides & Mudslides, Tornadoes, Tsunamis, Volcanoes, Wildfires, Winter Weather etc. • Whatever you choose to work on, you must research the events in depth, document it and be able to answer questions like: – What happened? 5 points – Where it happened? 5 points – Why there? What is the science behind the events? Connect what you are learning to your specific current events. This is the most important question and worth 10 points. – What are the implications? 5 points – Why do we care? 5 points – What can we expect in the future? 5 points