Lecture: 9:10 am- 10:05am M. W. F.

Office Hours: 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm M, W and/or by appointment

Text:

Andrew Goudie, The Human Impact on the Natural Environment. The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 4th ed., 1994. ($19.95) 

References:

1. Thomas R. Detwyler and Melvin G. Marcus, Urbanization and Environment. Duxbury Press, Belmont, California. 1972.

2. Thomas R. Detwyler, Man's Impact on Environment. McGraw Hill, 1971.

3. William L. Thomas, Jr. (editor), Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth. University of Chicago Press. 1965.

4. Brian J. L. Berry and Frank E. Horton, Urban Environment Management. Prentice Hall International Inc., London. 1974.

5. Ian Douglas, The Urban Environment. Edward Arnold, Baltimore, Maryland. 1983.

6. Penelope ReVelle and Charles ReVelle, The Global Environment. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, Massachusetts. 1992

7. David A. Castillon, Conservation of Natural Resources: A Resource Management Approach. Wm. C. Brown Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa. 1992.

8. William P. Cunningham and Barbara Woodworth Saigo, Environmental Science: A Global Concern. Wm. C. Brown Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa. 1992.

9. G. Tyler Miller, Jr. Environmental Science: Sustaining the Earth. Wadsworth Publishing Company, Belmont, California, 3rd ed., 1991.

10. G. Tyler Miller, Jr. Living in the Environment. Wadsworth Publishing Company, Belmont, California, 7th ed., 1992.

List of Journals and Periodicals

*Annals - Association of American Geographers

*Professional Geographers

*Southeastern Geographers

*Geographic Review

*Physical Geography

Chinese Geography and Environment

Environment

Environment Action Bulletin

Environment and Behavior

Environment and Change

*Environment and Planning

Environment Report

Environmental and Experimental Botany

*Environmental Conservation

*Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Environmental Periodical Bibliography

Environmental Pollution and Control

*Environmental Research

Environmental Science and Technology

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Journal of Environmental Quality

* Journal of Environmental Sciences

American Journal of Epidemiology

Epidemiologic Reviews

Tennessee Journal of Academy of Science

Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology

Weather

Weatherwise

* Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

CATENA

Journal of Soil Science

Quaternary Research

Earth Surface Process

*Remote Sensing of Environment

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

*Water Resources Research

National Parks

Natural Resources Journal 

Goals and Objectives:

This course will study the dynamic physical geography of the city, and the interaction between urbanization and environment. Specifically, the course will

1. demonstrate how man has changed the natural environment by urbanization;

2. suggest how physical features and processes influence the growth and function of cities; and

3. reveal some of the feedback between man's action and environmental process.

Organizations of the course:

Classes will consist of lectures and discussion. Field trip(s) will be arranged during the semester. Films and some visual aid will be used occasionally in lecture period.

Requirement and grade evaluation procedure:

There will be one or two mid-term exams during the semester which constitute 50 percent of the course grade. The exam will be announced in advance. Final exam (12/8) will be counted as 20 percent of the total grade.

A term paper or term project related to Urbanization and Environment is required and is incorporated as the remaining 30 percent of the course grade. Final presentation of the paper or the project will be scheduled near the end of the term. 

I. Introduction 1-24

Urbanization and Environment in Perception 374-387

Definitions (city, urbanization, urban place, urban area, and environment)

Neglecting of the interaction between urbanization and environment

An integrated system of man and environment--city

II. The geologic and topographic 235-301

setting of cities

Location of cities: response to site and situation

Culture and environment

Environmental considerations

Geologic Diversity influences urban growth

The city and the land

III. The climate of the city 302-349

Climate between the city and the countryside

The urban heat island

The plume beyond the city

Pollutants in the urban air

IV. Urban climate, air pollution, and planning

Climatic factors

Air pollution factors

Impact of heat and humidity on human health

Planning measures

V. Water and the city 177-234

The urban watershed

Man brings water to the city

Urban water management for the future

VI. Soil and the city 138-176

The impact of urbanization on soil

The influence of problem soils on urban functions

Soils and planning

VII. Environmental hazards in the city

The natural hazardousness of a place

Climatic and hydrologic hazards

Geologic and geomorphologic hazards

VIII. Noise and the urban environment

The nature of noise

The sources and distribution of noise

The effects of noise

IX. Vegetation of the city 29-88

Types of urban vegetation

Dynamic of urban vegetation

Planning measures

X. The city as habitat for 89-137

wildlife and man

Definition of habitat

Urban wildlife habitat

Wildlife in the city

Habitat requirements for man

 I. Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to provide the students with a practical experience of analyzing the physical environment of the (Memphis) metropolitan area, utilizing some of the methods, techniques, and concepts (knowledge) learned in Geography 4/6201.

II. Project Assignment

Each individual shall select his/her own topic and approved by the instructor. The selected topic is designed to study the interaction between urbanization and physical environment within the (Memphis) metropolitan area. Suggested topics for term paper (project) are:

1. Effects of environmental limitation or hazards on urban growth.

2. Effects of urbanization on micro-climate i.e.g. urban heat island, precipitation, fog, cloudcover, radiation,.............etc.

3. Environmental impacts of casino business in Tunica County and the vicinity areas (land uses, transportation, water quality ..........etc.)

4. A survey of floodplain land use.

5. Water supply and demand problems in urban area.

6. Potential groundwater pollution from illegal dumps and sanitary landfills.

7. Noise pollution in urban settings.

8. Air pollution problems in the urban area.

9. Effects of urbanization on water quantity (flood and drought) and quality problems.

10. Impacts of Mississippi low water conditions on the Memphis/Shelby County area.

11. Solid Waste Management: Issues and Options

12. Environmental Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation from Power (Transmission) Lines.

*. or any other relevant topics are acceptable.

III. Outline of the project/paper

The report or paper should include the following elements or components:

1. 250 word abstract

2. Statement of problem (purpose and goal)

3. Literature review

4. Methods and procedures

5. Discussion and/or analysis

6. Conclusion and/or recommendations

7. Bibliography and references

IV. Final report

The final report should be well organized, well written, typed and double-spaced on 8.5x11" white bond paper, complete with title page, abstract, table of contents, footnotes, bibliography, tables, graphs, and appropriate maps. Text should be 10 to 15 pages in length excluding tables, graphs, and map illustrations.
 
 

V. Deadline

Research topic(s) due on

Literature review (including at least 10 annotated bibliography from journals or periodicals) due on

Final report due on

Oral presentation of the paper due on

VI. Information sources for term project

1. U.S. Census

2. Office of Planning and Development, Memphis.

3. Current population reports, U.S. Census

4. U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service, County Soil Survey

5. U.S.G.S. topographic maps in the scale of

1:250,000

1: 62,500

1: 24,000

6. Aerial photos and high altitude aerial photos and images

7. (Memphis) City and County Health Department

8. Chamber of Commerce

10. Department of Commerce NOAA- Weather Service Station

11. Memphis Light, Gas, and Water Division

12. Field survey