adz week1 2016 slides

8/18/2019 Adz Week1 2016 Slides

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GE1101E/GEK1001

GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNEYS:EXPLORING WORLD ENVIRONMENTS(2014/2015, Semester 2)


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First family portrait


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Latest family portrait


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computer angst


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http://www.fotosearch.com/photos‐images/computer

‐angst.html

How can I escape?


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http://fineartamerica.com/featured/smoke ‐ jumper ‐126 ‐pat ‐burns.html


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GEOGRAPHY FIELD CAMP

http://www3.geosc.psu.edu/alumni/field_camp/before1955page.htm


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Opened my eyes to Geography


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Toto, now with Geography,I feel like we are not

in Kansas anymore


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GEOGRAPHER. What is it?

Someone whostudies about

people & society

Someone whostudies the

environment A painting

A band A and B All the above

A B C

D E F


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INSTRUCTORS (at least A and B)

(A) Studies about society & people (B) Studies about the environment


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Answer: all of the above

Geographer is a San Francisco ‐based band


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http://thehypefactor.com/maino ‐feat ‐t‐pain ‐all‐the ‐above/maino ‐all‐the ‐above ‐t‐pain/


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IWantYouTo

Majorin

Geography


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Geography?

Hell no!

Too geeky


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h t t p : / / w w w

. b u z z i n g u p

. c o m / 2 0 1 0 / 0 7 / i n s i d e ‐ g e e k y

‐ b r a i n /


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Pang Khum Thailand


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THAILANDTat Hamlet, Vietnam


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Bukit Tarek, Malaysia


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Inle Lake, Myanmar

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Inle_Lake_Burma_floating_gardens_4.jpg


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Yunnan, China


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CAMBODIA


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Cambodia


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FloodingMekong River


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SOUTHERN THAILAND


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DeforestationTimor Leste


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Debris flows and landslidesIndian Himalaya


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http://fried ‐ junk.com/2011/10/18/the ‐story ‐of ‐baskin ‐robbins/

GEOGRAPHY IS LIKE ICE CREAM(Baskin Robbins 31)


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Quiz #2. Why only 31 flavors?

Really:31 days in a month


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11 FLAVORS OF NUS PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY


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of physical geography

climate or

soils

water

iswet

Stopworld

hunger

Coastalprocesses

Limnologyor

Geochemistry

SpecialsGISPollutionHeat IslandHazardsBiogeography

Asia riversEcology

We like to dig holes (and take photo


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We e to d g o es (a d ta e p oto

A j h h hi Si hi ?


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Are jump shots a geography thing or a Singaporean thing?


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Quiz #3Who is the most famous Geographer


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Or is it this guy?


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Words of Geographers

SystemsScaleVariabilityFluxGradientsEquilibriumNonlinearityConservation

ExtremeLikelihood(un)CertaintyCause and effec tEnvironmentConnectionFacilitationQuantify

All related to processes or phenomena and human actions

Example: vulnerability, response

adaptation, management


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PART II: GLOBAL CHANGE & THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

7. Anthropogenic & Natural Climate Change, 7 March (Ziegler)

8. Urban pollution, 14 March (Ziegler)

9. Water, drought, and El Nino, 21 March (Ziegler)

10. Natural hazards, flood emphasis, 28 March (Ziegler)

11. Implications of Land ‐cover Change, 4 April (Ziegler)


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WEEK 7, March 7Anthropogenic & Natural Climate Change (debate)

http:// stejahen.blogspot.sg/2005/06/relation ‐of ‐global ‐warming ‐to ‐seagulls.html

WEEK 8 M h 14


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WEEK 8, March 14Natural Hazards – flood and drought emphasis

http://faculty.evansville.edu/rl29/h340/f05/lecture3.html

Thomas Hart Benton


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WEEK 9, March 21Water, drought, and El Nino

Donita Lloyd


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http://muslimpresence.com/?p=3213http://fineartamerica.com/featured/deforestation ‐viktoria ‐majestic.html

WEEK 10, March 28Implications of land-cover change

WEEK 11, 4 April


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http://muslimpresence.com/?p=3213http://islandbreath.blogspot.sg/2011/10/americans‐want ‐epa ‐protection.html

Urban Pollution

Week 11 Lab


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Week 11 Lab –

Heavy metal

pollution


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Reference Textbook

You can check it out from the library.

Most lectures will have a few

accompanying papers.

Internet…

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