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Human Geography, Vogeler. Why are you in college?. Human Geography, Vogeler. Tuition comparison with over 1,000 U.S. universities and college, in-state and out-of-state ROI = return on investment. Typical starting salary after graduation for UWEC: $44,700 (includes business degrees)
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Human Geography, Vogeler Why are you in college?
Human Geography, Vogeler Tuition comparison with over 1,000 U.S. universities and college, in-state and out-of-state ROI = return on investment Typical starting salary after graduation for UWEC: $44,700 (includes business degrees) Source: http://www.payscale.com/college-education-value-2013
Human Geography, Vogeler Why did you register for this course? 1) Human geography meets your social science (category III) and world culture requirements for your liberal arts education. 2) Learn to become more proficient in literary and numeric skills.
Human Geography, Vogeler • What do you want to learn about geography? • Geographers study places in three ways: • Human-environmental aspects • Regions • Spatial networks
Human Geography, Vogeler In the first week you should: • Read the intro web pages for Geography 111. • Take the first web self-test for this course. • Go to the bookstore to rent the Atlas. No paper textbook is used in this course.All readings are available on the web free of charge!
Why is this an “odd” looking map?Is there a correct way of seeing/showing the world? Human Geography, Vogeler Source: http://www.flourish.org/upsidedownmap/hobodyer-large.jpg
Human Geography, Vogeler Be sure to consult your atlas for more world maps.
Human Geography, Vogeler Source: The Economist, 24 September 2011.
Human Geography, Vogeler What do these maps, called cartograms, show? population by world regionwealth by world region Cartograms on other topics: http://show.mappingworlds.com/world/
Human Geography, Vogeler The characteristics of the world human population vary spatially. What does this map show? Gross Domestic Product per capita = national wealth
The world’s pop varies in other ways too. In addition, the richest 20% of the world’s population consumes 50% of all energy, 50% of all meatproducts, and produces 80% of carbon dioxide. The USA now spends 50% of the world’s total military budget. Human Geography, Vogeler By2015, the world’s wealthiest 1% held more wealth than other 99%.
Human Geography, Vogeler What does this map show? Notice the rather unusual spatial pattern.
Human Geography, Vogeler Geography of World-Wide Internet Access
Human Geography, Vogeler What does this map show? Countries that do NOT use the Metric System For more interesting world maps on many different topics, go to http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world
Human Geography, Vogeler Social Progress Map View the video: http://www.skollfoundation.org/economic-growth-does-not-automatically-lead-to-social-advancement-new-social-progress-index/ Check out the web site for maps by Basic Human Needs, Foundations of Wellbeing, and Opportunity:http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/data/spi#map/regions/spi/dim1,idr1,idr4,dim2,dim3,com12
Human Geography, Vogeler Income and wealth distribution within countries and among classes actually matters more to ordinary people than national statistics. Although China is now the world’s second biggest economy, its wealth is very unevenly distributed throughout the country and, by extension, by classes. The top 10 percent of Chinese households have 57 percent of the national income.