Particular emphasis is placed on the interrelationships of historical, cultural, economic and political elements in critical areas of the world. Geographic Perspectives on Multiculturalism in the U.S . Our Hazardous Environment . A detailed examination of physical environmental hazards that influence human health and habitation. Lectures focus on the causes, processes, and results of naturally occurring and human-induced geologic, hydrologic, and atmospheric events, such as earthquakes, mud slides, floods, hurricanes, soil erosion, and nuclear and toxic waste.
Some mathematics is used.
K Introduction to Weather and Climate . Weather components, processes, and their measurement. Climatic elements and their control factors. Geographic classification of climatic and vegetation types are also discussed. K Introduction to Land Forms .