Discussion of population policies with emphasis on Third World countries. Topics include territoriality, reapportionment, spatial allocation of public facilities, perception of boundaries. Emphasis on the spatial impact of political processes upon land use. Survey of quantitative methods commonly used in geographic research. Emphasis on spatial analysis techniques.
Students analyze topics of immediate interest.
Graduate standing is prerequisite to all 600-level courses. Introduction to urban ecology. Origin and development of various types of cities, shape and structure of urban areas, inner and outer city and spatial patterning of urban institutions. Advanced examination of principles of map design, including discussions of map design research. Advanced methods of relief and landform portrayal, slope mapping, digital terrain models, and other forms of terrain representation.