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GEOGRAPHY of UTAH
- webtext DRAFT 2015 -- 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. REMINDER -- this web-text is DRAFT and its primary purpose is to gather together abundant evidence of the spatial diversity of Utah's geography, meaning, every county in Utah had unique evidence of the 15 themes such as unique geology (GEOSPHERE); unique DEMOGRAPHICS... and this web-text presents evidence and Big Concepts of Geog3600 - UofU Geography of Utah. .
Genevieve Atwood, Ph.D.
Geography of Utah STUDENTS!!! Read this introduction in Week 1 of the course
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Chapters not necessarily learning modules!!
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PART ONE – Explore concepts of geography
The five great themes of GEOGRAPHY… anywhere, including UTAH
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LOCATION
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Utah
,
Crossroads of the West
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PLACE
– Utah, This is the Place
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INTERACTIONS
–
Utah
…
inescapable webs of relationships
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MOVEMENT
– Immigration or
Emigration
Canyon
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REGIONS.
1
Great
State
; 2 (major) hydrologic regions; 3
physiographic regions; 4 climate regions; 5 bioregions; --- and 29 counties.
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PART TWO
Utah
’s
physical geography tied to Utah's human geography, an Earth systems approach.
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Utah
’s
Geosphere – Utah, the bedrock state?
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Utah
’s Hydrosphere –
Utah
where water is for fighting over
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Utah
’s Atmosphere –
Utah
weather and climate… past, present,
future
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Utah
’s
Biosphere – Flora and Fauna… where and why
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Utah
’s
Anthrosphere – Regions and peoples... past and present.
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PART THREE – Geography is a social / behavioral science
BRIEF INTRODUCTION (y2012- LM06)
Explore issues of social and behavioral sciences
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Sources
of data for exploring social and behavioral science issues
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Demographics
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Demography Is Destiny... in what ways?
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Economics- Utah
- issues of wealth, consumption, and equity
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Sociology- Utah- issues of social structure, families, migration, and heritage
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Politics- Issues of Utah politics and government
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CONCLUDING CHAPTERS - Utah... indeed This is Our Place
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Special Places - Recreation and Utahns .
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Review
–
Geography of Utah
, sense
of place
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