Evaluating Human Impacts

Outline

I. Evaluating Human Impacts - Module Description
II. One Planet Many People: Atlas of Our Changing Environment
  A. Introduction
B. Objectives
C. Procedure
D. Resources
III. Notes to Instructors
  A. General Information
B. Geographic Location of Images
C. Image Descriptions
    1. Coastal Areas - Gulf of Fonesca, Honduras
2. Coastal Areas - Isahaya Bay, Japan
3. Water - Dead Sea, Jordan
4. Water - Everglades, Florida, United States
5. Water - Lake Victoria, Uganda
6. Temperate Forest - British Columbia, Canada
7. Subtropical Forest - Iguazu, South America
8. Tropical Forest - Laos
9. Tropical Forest - Rondonia, Brazil
10. Cropland - Saudi Arabia
11. Cropland - Santa Cruz, Bolivia
12. Cropland - Tensas Basin, United States
13. Grasslands - Upper Green River, United States
14. Urban Areas - Beijing, China
15. Urban Areas - Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
IV. Ecological Footprint Analysis
  A. Resources
V. Additional Sources of Information on Evaluating Human Impacts
VI. Google Earth and NASA World Wind as Tools for Evaluating Human Impacts
  A. Google Earth
    1. Site Description
2. Minimum System Requirements
  B. NASA World Wind
    1. Site Description
2. Minimum System Requirements
  C. Resources

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Updated July 2010.

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