GEOGRAPHY of UTAH - webtext DRAFT 2012 -- please use with professional courtesy... attribute sources (original sources are generally in web-file address). Contact author with suggestions or to offer assistance such as non-copyrighted photographs, diagrams of Utah's physical and human geographies. Genevieve Atwood, Ph.D. Introduction… the 15 words… all you need to k now about Utah to do well in GEOG3600.
	PART ONE – Explore concepts of geography The five great themes of GEOGRAPHY… anywhere, including UTAH
01	LOCATION – Utah , Crossroads of the West
02	PLACE – Utah, This is the Place
03	INTERACTIONS – Utah … inescapable webs of relationships
04	MOVEMENT – Immigration or Emigration Canyon
05	REGIONS. 1 Great State ; 2 (major) hydrologic regions; 3 physiographic regions; 4 climate regions; 5 bioregions; --- and 29 counties.
	PART TWO – Connect the dots. Associate Utah’s human geography with Utah ’s physical geography, an Earth systems approach.
06	Utah ’s Geosphere – Utah, the bedrock state?
07	Utah ’s Hydrosphere – Utah where water is for fighting over
08	Utah ’s Atmosphere – Utah weather and climate… past, present, future
09	Utah ’s Biosphere – Flora and Fauna… where and why
10	Utah ’s Anthrosphere – Regions and peoples... past and present. --
	PART THREE – Geography is a social / behavioral science Explore issues of social and behavioral sciences
11	Sources of data for exploring social and behavioral science issues -Draft / Notes
12	Demographics – Utah trends --
13	Political Science – geographic patterns and Utah politics
14	Economics – Utah ’s geographic patterns and economic development
15	Sociology – Utah geographic patterns and religion
16	Recreation – Utah ’s geographies and recreation
17	Review – Utah, Sense of place.