Category: Geography

Project Overview:
This is part of a 3-PART SERIES OF ASSIGNMENTS on the SAME topic. Assignment #1 – the Bibliography (submitted Week 3). Assignment #2 – the Outline – is due Week 5. Assignment #3 – the Final Presentation – is due Week 7. You’re building this project throughout all three Assignments, using the same or similar topic.
For this project, you’ll choose a topic and then research how four geographic concepts are related to and affect your topic. Instead of presenting your research as a traditional paper, you’ll use PowerPoint to create a narrated presentation. Your presentation will be structured like a paper, including a title, introduction to the topic, main body, summary and conclusions, and references. Creative use of properly cited graphics and photos from the Internet relevant to your topic is required.
First, choose a topic! Topics must be a food item, cuisine, invention, or idea with a SUPER CLEAR REGION OF ORIGIN and PATH OF DIFFUSION. Do some investigation of the 4 required elements (see below) before you settle on one topic. If you’re not sure if your desired topic is appropriate, please feel free to ask!
Your topic must be analyzed through these 4 required elements to determine how each of these geographic concepts affects or is related to your topic: 1. Regions 2. Cultural Landscape 3. Diffusion 4. Distance decay. The first two concepts are covered in the first chapter of your textbook. Diffusion is covered in Chapter 8, Section 2 (page 484). Distance decay refers to the fact that influence and interaction between locations decreases as the distance between them increases. As such, it has a significant influence on how things change as they diffuse away from their point of origin. Be sure to address these specific geographic terms and concepts in your work. You don’t need to address them in this order, but you do need to address all of them. Be sure to refer to your text and other reliable resources to ensure you completely understand these concepts. You should be detailed in your treatment of these concepts – for instance, you should explain both how and why your choice varies by region, and how and why it has been affected by distance decay. Remember that geography, as an academic discipline, seeks to explain why things vary from place to place, not just describe how they do.
Assignment #2 Objective: Organize your thoughts and the main points of your research for your final presentation in outline format.
Assignment Instructions: To help you complete Assignment 3: The Presentation, you will first submit an outline to organize your thoughts and main points. Your outline should be formatted a specific way and must contain the following elements as described below.
To prepare for this assignment, I recommend that you do the following:
Read these directions carefully.
Read the grading criteria below. The grading criteria is a detailed evaluation that I will use to assess your performance. It also will help you understand what is expected of you as you prepare your assignment.
Message me with any questions!
Be sure to add your name to your outline.
The outline format: Your outline must be formatted as described. Please note that this format will be assessed in your grade:
Use an alphanumeric sequence
Sections should be indented and aligned
Follow the suggested order of the required elements
Use brief and bulleted but detailed and descriiptive phrases.
The required elements: Your outline should contain the following elements in this order:
I. The Introduction: This section previews your topic and the details you will cover in the body of your presentation. It should be very brief, but include:
A. The food, cuisine, invention or idea that you are going to discuss.
B. Why you chose this topic.
C. A preview of the regions where your topic has developed and then diffused to.
II. The Body (Content Sections): In the body, you must address how the four geographic concepts mentioned in the presentation instructions (regions, cultural landscapes, diffusion, and distance decay) relate to your topic.
A. Regions: Discuss the origin region or regions of your topic, with specific attention to the geographic qualities of the region that influenced the development of your topic.
1. Be sure to break up the information you include in each concept category into several points, using alphanumeric sequencing like this, to best fit the outline format. (You don’t necessarily need to list three points under region or any category, this is just an example of outline formatting.)
2. Second region point.
3. Third region point, etc.
B. Cultural Landscape: Discuss how the landscape in the region(s) described above have been shaped by the culture that gave rise to your topic, and how your topic might be reflected in that landscape.
C. Diffusion: Discuss how your topic has diffused from its origin. Where has it diffused to? What factors led to its diffusion there? What kind of diffusion has it experienced?
D. Distance Decay: Discuss how your topic has changed as it has diffused away from the region(s) of its origin. Explain these changes with reference to the geographic qualities of the regions it has diffused to.
III. The Conclusion Section: this section should contain four to six points that sum up the main points from the body of the outline.
Start your conclusion with one sentence summarizing some basic information about your topic.
Continue with a brief summary (1-2 sentences) about the important characteristics of its origin region(s).
Include a brief note about relevant cultural landscapes.
Include a brief summary (1-2 sentences) about the diffusion of your topic and the distance decay it experienced.
Wrap up the conclusion section with a closing note that provides brief information about why this topic was of interest to you, and a fact about your topic you found interesting.
IV. Reference section: This is not just the reference page; rather, referencing should occur throughout the outline as it will in your presentation. Therefore, your outline should include both a separate reference page containing a minimum of five sources listed in proper APA reference list format AND internal citations throughout the outline where appropriate. Please be sure to see the resources below for assistance regarding in-text citations and reference list formatting, and/or ask me if you have any additional questions.
Please make note of the following tips and tricks:
I understand that this is a rough draft and, as your research and writing continue over the next few weeks, details may be added or changed. Although you do not have to resubmit it to me, I recommend that you update this outline to help you best complete the Final Presentation.
Write your outline so that it has detailed bullets that you can easily then flesh out into sentences for the narration of your Final Presentation.
After your outline is complete, I recommend that you next draft your introductory and conclusion sections for your presentation. This will ensure that all the main points of the outline are incorporated in these two framing sections of your final presentation.
Please note that less than 10% of your outline or presentation should be direct quotes.
All internal citation references should be listed on the reference page, and vice versa.
Additional Resources:
You can use MS Word’s Outline Function to help create your outline.

Please answer this discussion board post. My favorite food is rice, like Chinese food rice. If you have any questions, please let me know.

((if you choose cities, YOU must use them for ALL PARTS from 1 to 3.))
The Final Project involves a comparative spatial analysis of potential employment opportunities and geographic data in three selected cities. This analysis is aimed at understanding the impact of location on job prospects and living conditions. Students will:
Choose three cities and one occupation of interest.
Collect employment and wage data, along with various geographic data, for these cities throughout the project.
The project is divided into four parts: three for data collection and one for creating a final presentation.
Students will compare the collected data to determine their ideal city for living and working, based on personal preferences and findings.
The final presentation will be uploaded to the course website for peer viewing and feedback. No audio or video recording is required, just a slide show or similar presentation format.
Presentation Format:
Choose from PowerPoint, Prezi, Website, or other formats with instructor approval.
It should be well-organized, clear, grammatically correct, and visually appealing.
Steps to Presentation Completion:
Part 1 (25 points): Identify occupation and cities, collect employment and wage data.
Part 2 (25 points): Gather geographic coordinates, maps, physical geography data, climate, population, and location descriptions.
Part 3 (25 points): Collect cultural, political, and economic geography data.
Final Presentation (100 points): Present the chosen city and compare it with the others, focusing on future challenges and sustainability.
Peer Feedback:
Provide constructive feedback on at least three classmates’ projects.
Important Notes:
Use original language, avoid plagiarism, and provide citations for direct quotes, tables, charts, and graphics.
For images/maps from the internet, include references under the image.
———————————————————————————————————————————————————————For the ((Final Project Presentation)) in INST 115, students will create a presentation summarizing their research on selected cities, focusing on one they prefer to live and work in. Key points include:
Presentation Format: Students may use PowerPoint, Prezi, or another approved format. The presentation should be well-organized, grammatically correct, and visually appealing.
Introduction of All Cities: Present data for three selected cities including occupation choice, employment and wage data, geographic coordinates, maps, and population.
Top City Preference: Detail the preferred city with information on its physical and cultural geography, climate, political and economic data.
Reason for City Selection: Explain the choice of the specific city over others, including comparisons based on employment, wage data, and other collected geographic data.
Future Challenges: Discuss potential future concerns for the chosen city, such as environmental hazards, climate change, human development, and sustainability. This may require additional research.
Citations: Properly cite all data, direct quotes, tables, charts, and graphics. Include a final reference slide.
Peer Feedback: Provide constructive feedback on at least three classmates’ projects.

For this assignment, you will need to follow these steps:
Select a Current News Article: Choose an article related to Economic Geography & Future Challenges. Ensure the article is from a reliable news source and is no more than one year old. You can use the recommended websites provided in your class module or select another reputable news source.
Write the Review: Your review should include the following components:
Formatting (2 points): Follow all formatting guidelines provided in the assignment instructions. Make sure your document is either in RTF, Word, or PDF format.
Article Summary (3 points): Provide a clear, concise summary of the article. The summary should capture the main points and relevant details of the article without being too lengthy or vague.
Connection to Course Content (3 points): Clearly explain how the article relates to the topics covered in your Economic Geography & Future Challenges unit. Make direct connections to specific concepts, theories, or discussions from your course.
Critique/Analysis (5 points): Offer a thorough critique and analysis of the article. This should demonstrate your in-depth understanding of the article’s content. Discuss the author’s viewpoints, provide examples, and analyze the implications or significance of the article’s content in relation to economic geography and future challenges. Be objective and critical in your analysis.
Spelling/Grammar (2 points): Ensure your review is well-written with minimal spelling and grammatical errors. Aim for two or fewer errors to score proficiently in this category.
Submission: Once completed, submit your review as an RTF, Word, or PDF file by the due date.
Remember, the purpose of this assignment is not only to summarize the news article but to critically engage with it and relate it to your course content. It’s a great opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of economic geography and the challenges it faces in the future, using real-world examples

please provide the calculations it’s really important to me that you provide those calculations. please make sure to use your own words and do not use no sites or anything like that at all use what ever is provided in the files it is very important you answer the question throughly this is my last assignment and i really need to make sure i need to get a good good mark please please once again use your own words and answer all the questions how it asks please read through everything i said here and follow it and also follow the questions on the question pdf thank you

Tips to Writing your Critique Paper
This paper offers some easy-to-follow steps to help you organize, write, and submit your paper.
1. The paper should focus on any emerging or evolving development, innovation, or new transportation service whether it be a transportation utility (moving vehicles) or transportation facilities (infrastructure). The term paper is a critical review of published journal articles or peer-reviewed materials concerning your selected transportation topic. It is a critical review because you are expected to read a minimum of three journal articles including web-based materials and other sources
to be used for the review. Critical review means that you will collect, select, and study relevant materials that will provide adequate background and foundation on the topic or subject you chose for the paper. Here, you should be able to evaluate what you read based on certain criteria or guideposts. You should apply ‘critical thinking’ which means you have an open and analytical mind plus a working
knowledge or background of the subject under study.
2. You have to analyze and evaluate the information and make sense of what you are reading. Set the context and/or basis for your assessment (criteria). An example of a context is if you use the concept of sustainable transportation or sustainable mobility from the experience of the developed world.
3. Before you proceed with the review, you need to read, synthesize, and relate the key points raised by the authors as they relate to the selected topic or subject of your paper. For example, if you believe that the future transportation wave will be electric ‘mini-aircars’, then look for related published material about it if the likely leading-
edge technology in the future by searching for transportation journals or geography journals or even engineering journals and major science journals such as AMBIO or ‘Nature’, the Economist, Harvard Business Review and so on. From the web, you may surf the sites of OECD,
HOFSTRA University, or the global motor manufacturers from GM to Chrysler and others. Or, if your topic is on the proliferation of hybrid vehicles that function somewhat like cars driven by James Bond; or, you may envision a rise of hydrogen-fuel cell vehicles or electric vehicles but that you make the argument that it will offer a sustainable picture of transport 30 years from now in the developing world such as
China? Or is it really possible to reduce cars at the curb in a car economy like Canada and the US? Is the policy of EV (electric vehicles viable from California by 2035 and beyond? Could we soon have flying cars and flying cabs like the Jetsons? Another example of a topic may be a significant reduction in air travel time and
significant increase in telecommunications, given the wider use of teleconferencing and video conferencing today. What else is new 35 years to the future? Journal articles offer more recent and focused reviews and analysis of specific topics and fields. If you have not formed your own ideas similar to those being explored by TESLA Motors or by Boeing, an alternative is to collect the views and projects
already presented by inventors, transport scholars and engineers as they related to what will be the future or the ‘it’ transport technology or service of the future. There are thousands of journals available on-line and in hard copies that you may consult to give you an idea of what our transport world could be! All you need is to read three journal articles including one web-based material for review! But of course, you need to have at least 7 items consulted to write a good review!
4. After doing a critical review of selected and published literature, you are ready to speculate, build your own scenario which could either be an optimistic or pessimistic view of the future transport world 30 years from now. You need to do some research or background reading to increase your knowledge base concerning your critique paper for you to have a robust, well-written review paper. But be sure to use scholarly journals and materials including electronically published papers.
5. Outline and write your term paper in no more than 5 pages, single-spaced in 12 fonts text. First, provide a summary of articles or materials reviewed for the paper. Then briefly summarize what all the authors said about the topic or subject you are writing about by stating the pertinence, relevance, and usefulness of the material to your
critique as it relates to the future of transportation. Give a summary of what the authors asserted, proposed, or advocated or even envisioned at the time of their writing. What is the main thesis, argument, contribution to knowledge about the subject? State what conclusion was drawn by each of the author(s)? Then quickly make your own analysis and assessment. Is there something new that we did not know before?
6. You may limit your topic to a specific phenomenon or subject say, on the use of hydrogen-fuel cell vehicles (hydrogen, gasoline or natural gas) or making ‘smart vehicles or electric vehicles available in OECD countries and other countries (if not the rest of the world) built with high-tech crash avoidance systems and high-tech communication systems. As Black (2003, p. 337) pointed out, ideas similar to the
‘neighborhood electric vehicles’ that are rechargeable at park-and-ride stations, or more remotely controlled vehicles (that run like ‘Kitt’ in a TV movie series) could be the way for future transport.

 READ, SURF, AND DO RESEARCH OR REVIEW PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES TO ENABLE YOU TO SELECT THE FOCUS OF YOUR PAPER
 SELECT AT LEAST THREE PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES ON THE SUBJECT
 DON’T JUST WRITE A SUMMARY OF WHAT EACH JOURNAL
ARTICLE IS ABOUT
 SUMMARIZE AND INTEGRATE THEM IN A SYSTEMATIC MANNER
 CHECK ALL POTENTIAL JOURNALS WHERE YOU MAY FIND
ARTICLES ON YOUR TOPIC
CONTENT OF YOUR PAPER
 INTRODUCE THE STRUCTURE OF YOUR PAPER (SECTIONS FROM INTRO TO CONCLUSION)
 GIVE BACKGROUND BY DESCRIBING ORIGINS OF THE
INSTRUMENT OR TOOL, WHO DEVELOPED THEM?
 DISCUSS ITS APPLICATION IN THE FIELD OR PRACTICE, WHERE IT IS USED BY WHOM?
 WHAT IS THE PERCEPTION OR VIEW OF SCIENTISTS ON THE INSTRUMENT OR TOOL? IS IT WELL-RECEIVED OR ACCEPTED? IS IT NOT POPULAR? WHY?
 ASSESS PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND FOCUS ON AT LEAST THREE ARTICLES
FORMAT OF PAPER
 NO MORE THAN 3 PAGES, SINGLE-SPACED EXCLUDING
REFERENCES OR LIST OF WORKS CITED
 USE 12-POINT TEXT, WRITE IN PARAGRAPHS, NOT BULLET FORM
 USE ONLY ONE TYPE OF CITATION. IF YOU USE ‘APA’ STICK TO IT THROUGHOUT
 LEAVE 1 COVER PAGE, COVER PAGE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PAGE COUNT OF 3 PAGES MAXIMUM
UNDER 10% PLAGARISM PLEASE.

Describe the issues associated with suburban “leapfrog” development. How could these issues be resolved in North America?

Question 1
Based on the definition of a primate city, does Argentina appear to have a primate city?yes
no
Question 2
Based on the definition of a primate city, does Germany appear to have a primate city?yes
no
Question 3
What is the primate city of Mexico?Mexico City
Guadalajara
Monterrey
Bogota
Question 4
What is the primate city of Nigeria?Lagos
Kano
Ibadan
Kaduna
Question 5
What is the primate city of the Democratic Republic of Congo?Kinshasa
Lumumbashi
Luanda
Bandundu
Question 6
What is the primate city of Peru?Lima
Arequipa
Rio de Janerio
Sao Paulo
Question 7
Which of the following is a Primate City?London, United Kingdom
Chicago, United States
Hong Kong, China
Sydney, Australia
Question 8
Which of the following is a Primate City?Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Oslo, Norway
Geneva, Switzerland
Barcelona, Spain
Question 9
Pick one primate city and do a bit of research. How does that city dominate the politics, culture, and economy of the country in which it is found?

Why do different industries locate in different places?
Give one example, not from the text, of an industry that is likely to locate closer to inputs and explain why, and provide one example (also not from the text) of an industry that is more likely to locate closer to markets and explain why.
Requirements
Wordcount & Depth
100 + Words
Research & Citations
1 + Sources
Points docked if outside of source range
Grammar & Mechanics
Flow & Structure
Content & Ideas