Topics include patterns and processes in historical biogeography, island biogeography, geographical ecology, areography, and conservation biology, such as the design and effectiveness of nature reserves. B. Patterson, L. Heaney. Explores the regional construction of earth environments and the major physical processes involved in their creation and transformation. Special emphasis is placed on the fluvial cycle and its impact on geomorphic features, and on human interactions inducing environmental change. This course traces the economic, social, and physical development of the city in North America from early industrialization to the present.
Emphasis is on evolving urban systems and the changing spatial organization of people and land use.
All-day Illinois field trip required. Superior term papers from this course may be selected for special publication. Econ 201 . This course focuses on metropolitan development patterns and the interplay of geopolitical, economic, and social changes in U.S. cities after 1950. Intergovernmental relations and urban planning concepts and institutions are also explored.