Identify which areas could flood during this storm, and estimate the population affected. Determine the placement of potential shelters and identify the best evacuation routes. Data Provided: Basemap data for the project is in the Files section of Canvas for ENVR- 126 then “FloodProject” folder. T

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Flood Zone Mapping Project

Background Information:
Coastal areas are heavily developed in New Jersey placing pressure on emergency managers to prepare for evacuating residents during a Hurricane or other storm. GIS is a
planning tool to help prepare, respond, and mitigate the effects of natural disasters.

Target Audience:
Town officials have invited you to present at one of their meetings to demonstrate the use and benefits of GIS for storm planning. The town is concerned with flooding and want to know which areas will flood from a 1% Annual Chance Flood, also commonly referred to as a 100–year flood. The town wants to review evacuation routes and would like a recommendation for shelter locations.

Work Outline:
Project Goal: A Category 2 Hurricane is approaching New Jersey. Identify which areas could flood during this storm, and estimate the population affected. Determine the
placement of potential shelters and identify the best evacuation routes. Data Provided: Basemap data for the project is in the Files section of Canvas for ENVR– 126 then “FloodProject” folder. These are zipped shapefiles and can be uploaded in any GIS application including ArcGIS Pro. Potential features to sketch: Evacuation routes, Food and Water drop locations, properties to recommend for preservations, road closures, pollution issues. (You do not need to create all of these layers, pick 2 of these or other feature ideas to add points of interest to the map.)

Project Timeline:
The project will start March 22nd 2022, and is expected to take 2 class lab sessions, due March 29th.
Project Deliverables:
A presentation (PowerPoint, Google Slides, etc.) like the following:

Slide 1 – Title slide (your name, town etc.)

Slide 2 – Map of the town, zoom into the extents of the town selected. Add the MunicipalBoundary layer to show the political boundaries.

Slide 3 – Map of the FEMA_FloodZones in your town.

Slide 4 – Map showing the Population according to the Census Blocks in 2020 Change the appearance of the layer and identify a polygon that may be affected by flooding. Field named “Pop100” contains the Total Population for that Block Group

Slide 5 – Map of Shelter locations and other facilities such as School Property, Hospitals, Fire and First Aid Stations. Are any of these facilities in a Flood Zone?

Slide 6 – Map of features your team would recommend to the citizens and officials in your town. Examples: Field stations, flooded and proposed evacuation routes…

Last Slide – Conclusions of your project evaluating the use of GIS in emergency management within your town during major flood events. List any recommendations you have for the town officials on how to improve evacuation routes, prepare shelters or identify areas and houses in the flood plain that should be returned to a natural state

Review the relevant policies within the London Plan and highlight the ‘sources of inspiration’ when these can be identified. What sources or examples did the London Plan draw on for its policy? Are these ‘references’ explicit or implicit?

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Compare the London Plan with affordable housing provision in New York City

1. Overall context and details of the exercise

The London Plan is a key strategic document through which the Mayor of London aims to shape development in the metropolitan area. The latest iteration of the Plan has recently been adopted after a process of consultation, during which various stakeholders commented on Sadiq Khan’s vision of ‘Good Growth’, and the Planning Inspectors made certain criticisms and asked for changes. Like his predecessors, Mayor Khan seeks to address London’s pressing local issues while preserving its status as a ‘global city’.

The Plan covers a broad range of issues – we invite you to explore one of two policy themes which relate closely to topics we have covered in this course. Once you are familiar with the London-based issues, you will then compare these policies with similar policies and issues in another city of your choice. We encourage you to think ‘outside the box’ and compare London with a city you would expect to be quite different – but how a very similar city takes a very different approach would also be fascinating. The selected city should be outside of the UK – if not, please seek permission from a course teacher.

2. Purpose of the exercise

The purpose of this exercise is twofold.

The first is to reflect on the benefits and challenges of comparison for a more global urban studies. You will thus have to present a short rationale or justification for comparing London with your other case study.

The second aim is to think comparatively about the selected urban policy. This will involve analysing policy in its various forms – both actual city plans, where available, and a wider ‘grey literature’ produced by a variety of stakeholders. In doing so, you will aim to put the policy in context, looking at the problems it seeks to address and why certain solutions are being proposed. While we do not expect you to become a policy expert in a single exercise, you are encouraged to think critically about why certain policy ideas are drawn on (e.g. what constitutes ‘best practice’, and how and why policy ideas circulate or are adopted in particular localities). We expect you to think about how London might benefit from learning from elsewhere.

3. Putting the report together

Your report should include the following elements:
• Clarify which theme you are focussing on and provide a context for it.
• Review the relevant policies within the London Plan and highlight the ‘sources of inspiration’ when these can be identified. What sources or examples did the London Plan draw on for its policy? Are these ‘references’ explicit or implicit?
• Raise some concerns about the sufficiency of this approach. Does it do justice to the issues London faces?
• Introduce your comparative city to emphasise that we can learn from elsewhere and review the approach in this city vis a vis that taken in London. Identify at least 2 main points of convergence or departure where the comparative city has tackled the issues differently, or with different outcomes.
• Provide some lessons for what London can learn from this analysis.

What meaning does the material have for you regarding the author’s argument as you understand it? What do you find most convincing or lacking about the author’s argument? Was it supported with evidence? Describe what the reading(s) mean to you.

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Social Geography

Write a critique of the reading(s).  What meaning does the material have for you regarding the author’s argument as you understand it? What do you find most convincing or lacking about the author’s argument? Was it supported with evidence? Describe what the reading(s) mean to you.

Write a critique of the reading(s).  What meaning does the material have for you regarding the author’s argument as you understand it? What do you find most convincing or lacking about the author’s argument?

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Social Geography Assignment

Write a critique of the reading(s).  What meaning does the material have for you regarding the author’s argument as you understand it? What do you find most convincing or lacking about the author’s argument? Was it supported with evidence? Describe what the reading(s) mean to you.

Write a critique of the reading(s). What meaning does the material have for you regarding the author’s argument as you understand it? What do you find most convincing or lacking about the author’s argument? Was it supported with evidence? Describe what the reading(s) mean to you.

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Social Geography Assignment

Reading Analysis: Mckinnon

Write a critique of the reading(s). What meaning does the material have for you regarding the author’s argument as you understand it? What do you find most convincing or lacking about the author’s argument? Was it supported with evidence? Describe what the reading(s) mean to you.

Do toxic substances pose a threat to the health of the community? why or why not?

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Neighborhood Safety Report

1. Go to this link:

https://www.deq.state.or.us/Webdocs/Forms/Output/FPController.ashx?SourceId=6189&SourceIdType=11

and read the reports about all the toxins and then write a two page report that summarizes the data collected. Address the question: “do toxic substances pose a threat to the health of the community? why or why not?”

2. Use the pdf to help you create a map on Google Earth that displays the health threats/contaminants of the location from step one.

3. Use two sources from the database in step one for the report.

What meaning does the material have for you regarding the author’s argument as you understand it? What do you find most convincing or lacking about the author’s argument? Was it supported with evidence?

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Social Geography Assignment

Write 250-word critique of the reading(s). What meaning does the material have for you regarding the author’s argument as you understand it? What do you find most convincing or lacking about the author’s argument? Was it supported with evidence? Describe in 250 words what the reading(s) mean to you

Discuss what the talk is all about (provide a brief summary) and your engagement with the topic (how it resonates with you personally, your research, interests, etc.)

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Topic in geography

Connect this webinar to the Alison Blunt reading https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWJ-i-dqJgY

You are given one opportunity to attend a webinar this semester as part of your reflective essay requirement. You can choose what webinar to attend and write something about it.

Follow instructions below to avoid penalties/deductions.

Essays should have a word count that ranges from 900-1,200 words

Discuss what the talk is all about (provide a brief summary) and your engagement with the topic (how it resonates with you personally, your research, interests, etc.)
Relate the topic to a broader discussion of geography; use at least one topic in geography we discussed in class.
In creating the essay, do the following
o Provide an introduction, followed by a road map
o A road map is not an actual map but 1-2 sentence/s that informs the reader

Design and build a board game related to Canadian Geography, focusing on one of these main themes of the course.

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Canadian Geography Culminating Activity

Design and build a board game related to Canadian Geography, focusing on one of these main themes of the course:

 Physical geography (ex. Plate tectonics, vegetation, climate, etc.)  Human geography (ex. demographics, culture, population distribution, etc.)

 Natural Resources (ex. Types of industry, natural resources) Part A: The Board Game

 The game must be challenging, but not impossible. It must be suitable for four or more players and playable within an hour

.  Create 20 questions based on a main theme, including the answers, for example, Physical geography.  Create 10 questions based on each of the other themes, including answers. For example 10 questions on Human geography and 10s questions on Natural Resources.  So a total of 40 questions!!!!!!

 Remember that questions with options such as True and False or Multiple Choice questions are great options since there is no room for debating the answers during the game!

.  Include a title and logo for your game

.  The game should be large enough to move players around and have visuals with a geography theme.  Include a typed list of instructions for the game.  List and provide all of the necessary equipment needed to play the game (eg. Dice, tokens, cards, etc.). 
The game should be for about 2 to 4 people to play. 
You can make a physical board game or use online platforms like Kahoot since we are online  Try to include questions on Sustainability in each area of focus

Use the roles ant course materials as a foundation and organize the paper into different sections.

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World Regional Geography

The term paper will deal with a topic of your choice that we have covered in this course, including but not limited to the following areas:
Man-Nature Divide;

Globalization;

Immigration;

Multi-Cultural Society;

The Rise of China, the U.S. —China Relations, and the New World Order;

Causes of Global and Internal Conflict;

Geographic Hotspots of Global Conflict;

Any of the Geographic Regions

You could use the roles ant course materials as a foundation and organize the paper into different sections. For example, for someone who writes about the issue of immigration, he/she could organize the paper into sections such as

(1) Introduction,

(2) History (U.S. as a country of immigrants),

(3) Pros/Benefits of Immigration (how immigrants have contributed to the development and prosperity of the U.S. or other countries),

(4) Issues or Sources of Intense Debate on Immigration,

(5) Constructive and Effective Policies for a Multicultural Society, and

(6) Conclusions. This is just one particular example. You are strongly encouraged to incorporate materials that you have learned in other classes or other sources into your term paper.

The term paper should be 12-15 pages in length (12-point size & double space). Send your term