Category: Geographic Information

In Lab 4 you will work with Google earth to explore stream and rivers on both Ea

In Lab 4 you will work with Google earth to explore stream and rivers on both Earth and Mars.
When you are answering these questions, you can refer to chapter 18 from text 2.
https://www.thephysicalenvironment.com/Book/fluvia… (https://www.thephysicalenvironment.com/Book/fluvia…).
and unit 17 from text 1.
Data:
Please download the data (kmz file) (https://una.instructure.com/courses/89737/files/15157085/download?verifier=RqqcTQhXr2vIT5AN3PZ0lzJzBGZJ8PZoMGKKnGLc&wrap=1).
Introduction:
This activity provides you with satellite views of stream and rivers on both Earth and Mars through the Google Earth application. You have been provided a .kmz file containing placemarks to guide you to the appropriate locations. For two of the terrestrial features (Oxbow Bend, WY and Horseshoe Bend, AZ), you are asked to view and interpret features in panoramic images (viewable on separate web pages and within Google Earth). You may need to consult your textbook to answer some of the questions about the features you observe.
Terrestrial Rivers
1. Locate Oxbow Bend (part of the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming; this is included as a placemark in the Lab4-River-GoogleEarth.kmz file).
Observe the feature in Google Earth:
a. What type of river-channel is this, and how can you tell?
b. Discuss briefly the processes of erosion and deposition that are occurring in this area and why they are happening. What is the eventual fate of Oxbow Bend?
c. Is there any evidence of this particular process operating in the past along this portion of the Snake River? If so, describe the evidence (use key terms from your textbook; it will also be helpful to compare what you see on the image with diagrams in the book).
2. Open the Oxbow Bend panorama by double-clicking in Google Earth under “Panoramas). You can zoom in and out of the pan as needed.
a. Consider the processes of erosion and deposition you observed in Question 1: what evidence of these processes can you find in the panorama?
b. Describe the Snake River plain as seen in the panorama: the river plain extends from the foreground out to the base of the Tetons in the distance. What landforms are present?
3. Locate Horseshoe Bend (near Page, AZ), which is part of the Colorado River east of the Grand Canyon.
(Panorama at http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/33145 or
http://gigapan.com/gigapans/33155).
a. First, explore this part of the Colorado River in Google Earth and describe the type of river-channel present. How is this river similar or different to the portion of the Snake River you observed in Questions 1 and 2?
b. Second, examine the landforms of Horseshoe Bend. What type of feature is prominent here?
How is it similar and different to Oxbow Bend?
c. Examine the panorama. Describe the Colorado River and the canyon as observed in the panorama: What does this suggest about the geologic history of this part of Arizona compared to the portion of Wyoming observed earlier?
4. Find the location in Russia where the Volga River enters the Caspian Sea.
a. What type of landscape feature is this and how does it form?
b. Include a simple sketch of the feature.
c. Find and identify 2 similar features in the US (include Coordinates of the location).
5. Find Mount Shasta in California.
a. What drainage pattern is present here? Include a sketch of this pattern.
6. Go to the placemark: Ozarks – Little Missouri.
a. What kind of drainage pattern is here? To see the streams clearly, it might help to open this image in Google maps (icon to the far right on the toolbar) and turn on the terrain layer.
b. What underlying geologic formations do you suspect are present due to this drainage pattern?
7. Go to the placemark: Sipsey Wilderness.
a. What kind of drainage pattern is this? How did this drainage pattern get its name?
b. Include a sketch of this type of drainage pattern
8. Go to the placemark: Coba ruinas
a. This area gets the about the same rainfall as Alabama. Where are the rivers?
b. Based on this information, what do you know about the underlying geology of this place?
Now, on to Mars! The location toolbar contains an icon that looks like Saturn: click the button to bring up a menu of locations – choose Mars.
9. Locate the feature Warrego Valles. This question is best answered using a “eye alt” of about 120 miles –
What type of drainage does this appear to be – and what implications does this have for the formation of Warrego Valles?
10. Locate the Eberswalde area on Mars. Name and describe 4 features you see here. Why is this site a good candidate for exploration?
Grading Policy:
• Answer to those questions and submit your answers.
• Please use a word or pdf file for the submission and name the file as in “GE112_Lab4_YourLastName.pdf/doc/docx”.
• Grading policy: Each
lab will carry 50 points. Each question will have an equal portion to 50 points. Read the questions carefully to avoid any missing portion of each question. Late labs will be graded 0 after the due date.

4-5 pages (excluding bibliography), 12-point font, Arial, double-spaced
Style: U

4-5 pages (excluding bibliography), 12-point font, Arial, double-spaced
Style: Use APA formatting style. Please keep it consistent throughout
Outline: Choose a specific environmental issue that interests you (e.g., ocean acidification,electronic waste, groundwater contamination). This can be a topic discussed in the course, or something else you are interested in.
Using the concepts and terms we have discussed throughout the course, explain the problem and its effects on different biotic and abiotic systems in the environment, including any related environmental issues that result from or interact with your chosen topic. Then suggest a few potential solutions to the problem.
For example, you might wish to write about agricultural pollution in a lake. To explain the scope of the problem, you could talk briefly about the paving over of wetlands to facilitate urban development (causing runoff and pollution), the overuse of industrial fertilizers, and the loss of lake species and biodiversity due to eutrophication. One solution offered may be to shift
industrial agricultural practices in the area to more sustainable approaches.
Please keep your written assignment to 4-5 pages, double-spaced, 12-point font. This is meant to be a brief but thorough summary of the problem, not a long essay. More importantly, it is meant to demonstrate that you can synthesize what you’ve learned in this course to explain a complex environmental issue and identify potential solutions.
Since much of the material you draw on should be from course lectures, there is no need for in-text citations for this summary. However, to acknowledge other sources (e.g., a scientificpublication or news article on eutrophication in Lake Winnipeg), please include a Bibliography section at the end of your summary referencing any additional sources. (Note: this section does not count toward the page limit.)
To select the topic from the book, you can download the book from libgen
Title: Living in the Environment
Authors: G. Tyler Miller, Dave Hackett and Carl E. Wolfe
Publisher: Nelson Education
Edition and year: Fourth Canadian Edition. 2016
ISBN: 978-0-17-658718-5
chapters to pick the topic from can be 1,5,6.7,11,12,13,17, 18,19,25,10, 14,20, 21,22, 24,27, 28

Lab 2: Earthquakes and Volcanoes as evidence of plate tectonics
Introduction:
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Lab 2: Earthquakes and Volcanoes as evidence of plate tectonics
Introduction:
Strong supporting evidence for plate tectonics can be found in the patterns formed by mapping earthquake activity across the globe. In this exercise you will be asked use Google Earth pro to explore patterns in the occurrence of earthquakes and Volcanoes. You will create maps showing the occurrence and depth/magnitude of each event. You will also manually create a plot showing the patterns of earthquake depth across different types of plate boundaries
Data and Methods:
USGS website on earthquakes: https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-ha…
(Links to an external site.)
(https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-ha… may need to install Google Earth Pro if it is not already installed. https://www.google.com/earth/versions/
(Links to an external site.)
(https://www.google.com/earth/versions/)Source of data and global earthquake events is from Northern California Earthquake Data Center: http://www.ncedc.org/anss/catalog-search.html
(Links to an external site.)
(http://www.ncedc.org/anss/catalog-search.html)
Data for lab 2 are the .kmz files and they can run them from your local computer.
Download the data here. Link to Data Download (https://una.instructure.com/courses/89737/files/15271442?verifier=f443nsgAH5Vc09kNMfDYck2saWC2hHWRi0Ik2xSn&wrap=1) (https://una.instructure.com/courses/59226/files/8484469/download?download_frd=1)
download
(https://una.instructure.com/courses/59226/files/84… Plate Boundary as a reference. Link to Data Download (https://una.instructure.com/courses/89737/files/15271443?verifier=1jJvSR9cTdnLCZb7oLquAJsKDy3Zb3vF03q4EDM6&wrap=1)
Download Link to Data Download
(https://una.instructure.com/courses/89011/files/14884368/download?download_frd=1). This is an option data you can display on Google Earth Pro. The data source is https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/g… (https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/g…)
After you download the data, go to the folder and unzip the file.
Instruction for “How to unzip the files”
(Links to an external site.)
()
Analysis:
Data for this exercise are for the entire Earth and include, volcanoes, earthquake depth and magnitude that occurred over a 25-year period. They have been downloaded from the website listed above and converted to a Google Earth .kmz file. You will be using Google Earth to visualize and analyze the patterns in earthquake and volcanoes around the planet. Include screen captures from Google Earth to support your analysis (you do not have to include one for every question, but a few to illustrate your analysis). You will also be using an outline map of the world to map certain locations.
To answer #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 refer to https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-ha…
(Links to an external site.)
(https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-ha… answer # 13, 14, 15, 17, the link to “how to creat a elevation profile in Google earth”
Links to an external site.
()Create an elevation profile in Google Earth Pro
Links to an external site.
()would be helpful.
1 Within the USGS website on earthquakes (specifically, in the statistics area) how many deaths worldwide was there in 2004?
2 How does that number compare to worldwide death rates in 2015?
3 How many earthquakes were in Alabama in 2015?
4 How does that compare to how many earthquakes there was in Alaska in 2015?
5 Now, look in the special earthquakes section. Look at the information about the new Madrid earthquake under eyewitness accounts. Click on Unniversity of Memphis. Read what Eliza Bryan wrote about the earthquake in a letter in 1816. Give a short summary of her account – particularly if any of the account stood out to you.
6 Now, look at the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Watch the shake intensity video. What pattern do you see in the areas of violent intensity?
7 Explore this link https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/oklahoma-has-had-surge-e… to an external site.
(https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/oklahoma-has-had-surge-earthquakes-2009-are-they-due-fracking) . Explore why there are more earthquakes in Oklahoma than in California. What is causing this?
8 Using class information, textbook and or websites: How is frequency of earthquakes and magnitude related?
9 Explain the term ‘ring of fire’.
10 Display the volcano data along with the earthquake data in Google Earth. In the Google Earth, go to file menu, click on Open and choose “Volcano-1”. Go to file menu again, click on Open and choose “EQ_Mag_25yr-1”. How do observed patterns in your mapped earthquake and volcano locations support plate tectonic theory? (Hint: compare locations to the ‘ring of fire’ and plate boundaries, specifically subduction zones).
11 Identify on your map a place of high correlation between plate tectonic and the occurrence of earthquakes and volcanoes.
12 Identify a place of low correlation on your map.
13 Using the earthquake depth file, create a cross section of earthquake locations/depths across a plate boundary (using an area in Southern California). You will first draw an transect (an imaginary line from point A to point B) that crosses from the ocean into California. This will form the ‘X’axis of your cross section. Next, identify the depth for the points that are along or near your transect and plot those depths on the ‘Y’ axis. (Use Altitude – Relative to sea floor.) After you have completed the cross section, include a screenshot of the transect you made as well as the cross section/elevation profile. () for more help.
14
What type of plate boundary would explain this pattern? (If it has a subtype, what subtype would it be?)
15
Now, create a cross section near the Andes of Western South America. After you have completed the cross section, include a screenshot of the transect you made as well as the cross section/elevation profile. .
16
What type of plate boundary would explain this pattern? (If it has a subtype, what subtype would it be?)
17
Discuss how these patterns also provide support for plate tectonic theory?
Conclusion: What is your verdict?
Grading Policy:
•
Answer to those questions and submit your answers.
•
Please use a word or pdf file for the submission and name the file as in “GE112_Lab2_YourLastName.pdf/doc/docx”.
•
Grading policy: Each lab will carry 50 points. Each question will have an equal portion to 50 points. Read the questions carefully to avoid any missing portion of each question. Late labs will be graded 0 after the due date.

Lab 2: Earthquakes and Volcanoes as evidence of plate tectonics
Introduction:
S

Lab 2: Earthquakes and Volcanoes as evidence of plate tectonics
Introduction:
Strong supporting evidence for plate tectonics can be found in the patterns formed by mapping earthquake activity across the globe. In this exercise you will be asked use Google Earth pro to explore patterns in the occurrence of earthquakes and Volcanoes. You will create maps showing the occurrence and depth/magnitude of each event. You will also manually create a plot showing the patterns of earthquake depth across different types of plate boundaries
Data and Methods:
USGS website on earthquakes: https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-ha…
(Links to an external site.)
(https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-ha… may need to install Google Earth Pro if it is not already installed. https://www.google.com/earth/versions/
(Links to an external site.)
(https://www.google.com/earth/versions/)Source of data and global earthquake events is from Northern California Earthquake Data Center: http://www.ncedc.org/anss/catalog-search.html
(Links to an external site.)
(http://www.ncedc.org/anss/catalog-search.html)
Data for lab 2 are the .kmz files and they can run them from your local computer.
Download the data here. Link to Data Download (https://una.instructure.com/courses/89737/files/15271442?verifier=f443nsgAH5Vc09kNMfDYck2saWC2hHWRi0Ik2xSn&wrap=1) (https://una.instructure.com/courses/59226/files/8484469/download?download_frd=1)
download
(https://una.instructure.com/courses/59226/files/84… Plate Boundary as a reference. Link to Data Download (https://una.instructure.com/courses/89737/files/15271443?verifier=1jJvSR9cTdnLCZb7oLquAJsKDy3Zb3vF03q4EDM6&wrap=1)
Download Link to Data Download
(https://una.instructure.com/courses/89011/files/14884368/download?download_frd=1). This is an option data you can display on Google Earth Pro. The data source is https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/g… (https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/g…)
After you download the data, go to the folder and unzip the file.
Instruction for “How to unzip the files”
(Links to an external site.)
()
Analysis:
Data for this exercise are for the entire Earth and include, volcanoes, earthquake depth and magnitude that occurred over a 25-year period. They have been downloaded from the website listed above and converted to a Google Earth .kmz file. You will be using Google Earth to visualize and analyze the patterns in earthquake and volcanoes around the planet. Include screen captures from Google Earth to support your analysis (you do not have to include one for every question, but a few to illustrate your analysis). You will also be using an outline map of the world to map certain locations.
To answer #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 refer to https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-ha…
(Links to an external site.)
(https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-ha… answer # 13, 14, 15, 17, the link to “how to creat a elevation profile in Google earth”
Links to an external site.
()Create an elevation profile in Google Earth Pro
Links to an external site.
()would be helpful.
1 Within the USGS website on earthquakes (specifically, in the statistics area) how many deaths worldwide was there in 2004?
2 How does that number compare to worldwide death rates in 2015?
3 How many earthquakes were in Alabama in 2015?
4 How does that compare to how many earthquakes there was in Alaska in 2015?
5 Now, look in the special earthquakes section. Look at the information about the new Madrid earthquake under eyewitness accounts. Click on Unniversity of Memphis. Read what Eliza Bryan wrote about the earthquake in a letter in 1816. Give a short summary of her account – particularly if any of the account stood out to you.
6 Now, look at the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Watch the shake intensity video. What pattern do you see in the areas of violent intensity?
7 Explore this link https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/oklahoma-has-had-surge-e… to an external site.
(https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/oklahoma-has-had-surge-earthquakes-2009-are-they-due-fracking) . Explore why there are more earthquakes in Oklahoma than in California. What is causing this?
8 Using class information, textbook and or websites: How is frequency of earthquakes and magnitude related?
9 Explain the term ‘ring of fire’.
10 Display the volcano data along with the earthquake data in Google Earth. In the Google Earth, go to file menu, click on Open and choose “Volcano-1”. Go to file menu again, click on Open and choose “EQ_Mag_25yr-1”. How do observed patterns in your mapped earthquake and volcano locations support plate tectonic theory? (Hint: compare locations to the ‘ring of fire’ and plate boundaries, specifically subduction zones).
11 Identify on your map a place of high correlation between plate tectonic and the occurrence of earthquakes and volcanoes.
12 Identify a place of low correlation on your map.
13 Using the earthquake depth file, create a cross section of earthquake locations/depths across a plate boundary (using an area in Southern California). You will first draw an transect (an imaginary line from point A to point B) that crosses from the ocean into California. This will form the ‘X’axis of your cross section. Next, identify the depth for the points that are along or near your transect and plot those depths on the ‘Y’ axis. (Use Altitude – Relative to sea floor.) After you have completed the cross section, include a screenshot of the transect you made as well as the cross section/elevation profile. () for more help.
14
What type of plate boundary would explain this pattern? (If it has a subtype, what subtype would it be?)
15
Now, create a cross section near the Andes of Western South America. After you have completed the cross section, include a screenshot of the transect you made as well as the cross section/elevation profile. .
16
What type of plate boundary would explain this pattern? (If it has a subtype, what subtype would it be?)
17
Discuss how these patterns also provide support for plate tectonic theory?
Conclusion: What is your verdict?
Grading Policy:
•
Answer to those questions and submit your answers.
•
Please use a word or pdf file for the submission and name the file as in “GE112_Lab2_YourLastName.pdf/doc/docx”.
•
Grading policy: Each lab will carry 50 points. Each question will have an equal portion to 50 points. Read the questions carefully to avoid any missing portion of each question. Late labs will be graded 0 after the due date.

Lab 2: Earthquakes and Volcanoes as evidence of plate tectonics
Introduction:
S

Lab 2: Earthquakes and Volcanoes as evidence of plate tectonics
Introduction:
Strong supporting evidence for plate tectonics can be found in the patterns formed by mapping earthquake activity across the globe. In this exercise you will be asked use Google Earth pro to explore patterns in the occurrence of earthquakes and Volcanoes. You will create maps showing the occurrence and depth/magnitude of each event. You will also manually create a plot showing the patterns of earthquake depth across different types of plate boundaries
Data and Methods:
USGS website on earthquakes: https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-ha…
(Links to an external site.)
(https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-ha… may need to install Google Earth Pro if it is not already installed. https://www.google.com/earth/versions/
(Links to an external site.)
(https://www.google.com/earth/versions/)Source of data and global earthquake events is from Northern California Earthquake Data Center: http://www.ncedc.org/anss/catalog-search.html
(Links to an external site.)
(http://www.ncedc.org/anss/catalog-search.html)
Data for lab 2 are the .kmz files and they can run them from your local computer.
Download the data here. Link to Data Download (https://una.instructure.com/courses/89737/files/15271442?verifier=f443nsgAH5Vc09kNMfDYck2saWC2hHWRi0Ik2xSn&wrap=1) (https://una.instructure.com/courses/59226/files/8484469/download?download_frd=1)
download
(https://una.instructure.com/courses/59226/files/84… Plate Boundary as a reference. Link to Data Download (https://una.instructure.com/courses/89737/files/15271443?verifier=1jJvSR9cTdnLCZb7oLquAJsKDy3Zb3vF03q4EDM6&wrap=1)
Download Link to Data Download
(https://una.instructure.com/courses/89011/files/14884368/download?download_frd=1). This is an option data you can display on Google Earth Pro. The data source is https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/g… (https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/g…)
After you download the data, go to the folder and unzip the file.
Instruction for “How to unzip the files”
(Links to an external site.)
()
Analysis:
Data for this exercise are for the entire Earth and include, volcanoes, earthquake depth and magnitude that occurred over a 25-year period. They have been downloaded from the website listed above and converted to a Google Earth .kmz file. You will be using Google Earth to visualize and analyze the patterns in earthquake and volcanoes around the planet. Include screen captures from Google Earth to support your analysis (you do not have to include one for every question, but a few to illustrate your analysis). You will also be using an outline map of the world to map certain locations.
To answer #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 refer to https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-ha…
(Links to an external site.)
(https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-ha… answer # 13, 14, 15, 17, the link to “how to creat a elevation profile in Google earth”
Links to an external site.
()Create an elevation profile in Google Earth Pro
Links to an external site.
()would be helpful.
1 Within the USGS website on earthquakes (specifically, in the statistics area) how many deaths worldwide was there in 2004?
2 How does that number compare to worldwide death rates in 2015?
3 How many earthquakes were in Alabama in 2015?
4 How does that compare to how many earthquakes there was in Alaska in 2015?
5 Now, look in the special earthquakes section. Look at the information about the new Madrid earthquake under eyewitness accounts. Click on Unniversity of Memphis. Read what Eliza Bryan wrote about the earthquake in a letter in 1816. Give a short summary of her account – particularly if any of the account stood out to you.
6 Now, look at the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Watch the shake intensity video. What pattern do you see in the areas of violent intensity?
7 Explore this link https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/oklahoma-has-had-surge-e… to an external site.
(https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/oklahoma-has-had-surge-earthquakes-2009-are-they-due-fracking) . Explore why there are more earthquakes in Oklahoma than in California. What is causing this?
8 Using class information, textbook and or websites: How is frequency of earthquakes and magnitude related?
9 Explain the term ‘ring of fire’.
10 Display the volcano data along with the earthquake data in Google Earth. In the Google Earth, go to file menu, click on Open and choose “Volcano-1”. Go to file menu again, click on Open and choose “EQ_Mag_25yr-1”. How do observed patterns in your mapped earthquake and volcano locations support plate tectonic theory? (Hint: compare locations to the ‘ring of fire’ and plate boundaries, specifically subduction zones).
11 Identify on your map a place of high correlation between plate tectonic and the occurrence of earthquakes and volcanoes.
12 Identify a place of low correlation on your map.
13 Using the earthquake depth file, create a cross section of earthquake locations/depths across a plate boundary (using an area in Southern California). You will first draw an transect (an imaginary line from point A to point B) that crosses from the ocean into California. This will form the ‘X’axis of your cross section. Next, identify the depth for the points that are along or near your transect and plot those depths on the ‘Y’ axis. (Use Altitude – Relative to sea floor.) After you have completed the cross section, include a screenshot of the transect you made as well as the cross section/elevation profile. () for more help.
14
What type of plate boundary would explain this pattern? (If it has a subtype, what subtype would it be?)
15
Now, create a cross section near the Andes of Western South America. After you have completed the cross section, include a screenshot of the transect you made as well as the cross section/elevation profile. .
16
What type of plate boundary would explain this pattern? (If it has a subtype, what subtype would it be?)
17
Discuss how these patterns also provide support for plate tectonic theory?
Conclusion: What is your verdict?
Grading Policy:
•
Answer to those questions and submit your answers.
•
Please use a word or pdf file for the submission and name the file as in “GE112_Lab2_YourLastName.pdf/doc/docx”.
•
Grading policy: Each lab will carry 50 points. Each question will have an equal portion to 50 points. Read the questions carefully to avoid any missing portion of each question. Late labs will be graded 0 after the due date.

Hillsborough County School Board would like to establish a new traffic safety in

Hillsborough County School Board would like to establish a new traffic safety initiative to improve teen
driver safety in the county. You are assigned to analyze teen traffic crash data (2015‐2019) and present your findings with maps. Your presentation (ppt) should include as a minimum the following components:
Explain your data and process to develop maps.
Map(s) to show the frequency of teen crashes by high school boundaries (district) in Hillsborough County
Map(s) to show the annual change in teen crashes at the school district level between 2015 and 2019 in Hillsborough County
Map(s) to show the proportion of the low-income population (census tract level) by high school boundaries and discuss the relationship between income and the frequency of teen crashes
Select one school and develop maps to show teen crashes around the school (Draw a boundary of the selected school and buffer). Investigate crash frequencies based on the distance from the school. Distance as measured by a straight line. (Less than a quarter of a mile, half a mile, a mile…)
Discuss your findings
Final submission will be a ppt (No more than 20 slides including title page)
Add speaker notes to each slide (what you’re going to say to present)

part 1) Q1: Squatter Settlements
Based on the pod-cast from the UN News & Commen

part 1) Q1: Squatter Settlements
Based on the pod-cast from the UN News & Commentary Section (https://
www.undispatch.com/podcast-what-you-need-to-know-about-slums-around-the-
world/), what are the major physical, social, economic, and legal challenges faced by
people living in informal settlements? What policies work to uplift people living in
informal settlements? List and explain two policies implemented by cities mentioned in
the pod-cast? (250-300 words)
Q2: Urban Models
Describe the three urban models discussed in Chapter 3- Concentric Zone, Sector Model,
and Multiple Nuclei Model. How are they different? (300-350 words)
Q3: NYC Model
What city model do you think best describes New York City? Explain how the city fits
into this model, and what is different. (200-250 words)
Q4: Global cities/Northeastern megalopolis
Based on the additional reading “An Outline of American Geography: Chapter 4
Megalopolis”, define the geographic, economic, and demographic characteristics of the
Northeastern megalopolis. Why has this particular portion of the United States developed as it has ? (350-400words)
part2) Homework Assignment 2
Chapter 3 The Internal Structure of Cities
Chapter 4 Systems of Cities
Please answer the following questions (each needs to be a minimum of 200 words – basically one paragraph):
Q1 Compare and contrast the classic models that describe internal urban structure from the Chicago school, the L.A. school, and the New York school (e.g., concentric zone model, sector model, and multiple nuclei model).
Q2 What are the alternative explanations and theories for the internal structure of cities compared to the classical models? Define them and make sure to highlight how they differ from the classical models discussed in section 3.1.
Q3 Use the case study in Snohomish County, Washington to explain Central Place Theory including its theoretical and methodological limitations (see section 4.2).
Q4 Describe and explain the evolution of the American urban city, including the four epochs which compose it.
Q5 Define the World Cities approach? What are the major functions of global cities? What are the limitations of the World Cities approach?

I have added a pdf of the assignment, please fill it in with your laptop text bu

I have added a pdf of the assignment, please fill it in with your laptop text but anything that needs to be hand written you can do either with pencil or a computer pen. Please complete the whole assignment

I have added a pdf of the assignment, please fill it in with your laptop text bu

I have added a pdf of the assignment, please fill it in with your laptop text but anything that needs to be hand written you can do either with pencil or a computer pen. Please complete the whole assignment

Download the assignment files. Remember to use the desktop versions of Google Ea

Download the assignment files. Remember to use the desktop versions of Google Earth and Excel, not the browser-based versions. You only need to upload your completed answer sheet document as a .pdf. Convert word to pdf.Links to an external site.
We are changing the assignment process slightly. There is now a dedicated file for you to fill out answers, called student answer sheet. This will make it easier for TAs to grade so they don’t have to keep scrolling through all of the questions in the submissions.
Assignment 3 – Volcanoes SP24 student question sheet.pdf
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– These are the questionsAssignment 3 – Volcanoes SP24 student answer sheet.docx
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– This is the document you need to complete and upload as a .pdf (updated 2/20)volcanoes.xlsx Download volcanoes.xlsx- This is the excel file for part 1