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GEOG 130 - The Urban Environment

Geography College of Letters and Science

Full Course Title

The Urban Environment

Instructor Name(s)

McFadden

Course Description

Environment and climate of cities, suburbs, and other settlements, focusing on the built environment, soils, water, solar radiation, atmosphere, vegetation, and human thermal comfort. Lab includes field work on a range of sites along an urban-to-exurban gradient, individual lab reports on specific urban sites, use of a web wiki to produce collaborative data, and a final synthesis assignment.

Unit Value

4

Maximum number of times course can be repeated for additional credit

0

Maximum Units

4

Prerequisites

Geography 3B or 4 or Environmental Studies 2 or permission of the instructor.