美洲地理

Ⅰ、Textbook:

Chris Mayda, 2013. A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada: Toward a Sustainable Future. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. USA.

Ⅱ、Teaching contents:

Chapter 1: Regions and Ecoregions: An Approach to Sustainable Geography.

Chapter 2: The Nonhuman World: Understanding the Limits.

Chapter 3: Sustainability: Redefining Progress.

Chapter 4: Population and Consumption: Quantity versus Quality.

Chapter 7: Megalopolis: Setting Sustainable Standards.

Chapter 14: The Great Plains and Canadian Prairie: Land of Opportunity, or Where the Buffalo Roam?

Chapter 15: The Rocky Mountains: High in Elevations, Aspiration, and Appreciation.

Chapter 17: Pacific Northwest: Environment as lifestyle.

Chapter 19: California: Having It All, and Then Some.

Chapter 20: Hawai’i: Aloha.

Ⅲ、Grading rules:

Group paper (20%), Oral presentation (20%), Mid-term exam. (30%), and Final exam. (30%).