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Human Geography, Vogeler Overall Rank In-State Rank SCHOOL NAME 2012 TUITION 30 YEAR NET ROI ANNUAL ROI % AID AVG AID AMOUNT 30 YEAR ROI WITH AID ANNUAL ROI WITH AID University of Wisconsin- Madison$90,110$784, %55%$5,312$807, % University of Wisconsin- Platteville$71,430$739, %61%$3,804$758, % top 19%top 20% University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire$73,770$536, %54%$3,530$553, % University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee$93,940$481, %49%$6,156$511, % University of Wisconsin- La Crosse$73,630$469, %50%$3,195$484, % University of Wisconsin- Stout$79,100$462, %52%$3,813$480, % University of Wisconsin- Whitewater$68,050$440, %51%$4,192$460, % University of Wisconsin- Superior$74,310$371, %74%$4,730$393, % University of Wisconsin- River Falls$70,570$363, %52%$3,817$381, % University of Wisconsin- Parkside$80,840$362, %60%$5,422$389, % University of Wisconsin- Oshkosh$77,100$298, %49%$4,259$319, % University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point$69,540$227, %55%$3,650$244, % University of Wisconsin- Green Bay$71,030$184, %60%$4,845$206, % ROI = return on investment Tuition comparison with over 1,000 U.S. universities and college, in-state and out-of-state ROI = return on investment Typical starting salary after graduation for UWEC: $44,700 (includes business degrees) Source:

Human Geography, Vogeler

Why did you register for this course? 1) Human geography meets your social science (category III) and world culture requirements for your liberal arts education. 2) Learn to become more proficient in literary and numeric skills.

Human Geography, Vogeler What do you want to learn about geography? Geographers study places in three ways: 1)Human-environmental aspects 2)Regions 3)Spatial networks

Human Geography, Vogeler In the first week you should: 1)Read the intro web pages for Geography 111.web 2)Take the first web self-test for this course.self-test 3)Go to the bookstore to rent the Atlas. No paper textbook is used in this course. All readings are available on the web free of charge!

Source: Why is this an “odd” looking map? Is there a correct way of seeing/showing the world? Human Geography, Vogeler

Be sure to consult your atlas for more world maps.

Human Geography, Vogeler Source: The Economist, 24 September 2011.

Human Geography, Vogeler What do these maps, called cartograms, show? population by world regionwealth by world region Cartograms on other topics:

Human Geography, Vogeler The characteristics of the world human population vary spatially. What does this map show?

Human Geography, Vogeler The world’s pop varies in other ways too. In addition, the richest 20% of the world’s population consumes 50% of all energy, 50% of all meat products, and produces 80% of carbon dioxide. The USA now spends 50% of the world’s total military budget. By 2015, the world’s wealthiest 1% held more wealth than other 99%.

What does this map show? Notice the rather unusual spatial pattern.

The number of planets needed to sustain specific countries at different levels of current consumption. This gives new meaning to which countries are “over” populated. Currently, China, with 20% of the world’s population, consumes 50% of all pork and 30% of all steel. So is China over populated? The poorest 50% of the world produces 7% of the carbon emissions; the richest 7% produces 50% the carbon!

Countries that do NOT use the Metric System For more interesting world maps on many different topics, go to Human Geography, Vogeler

Social Progress Maps View the video: index/ Check out the web site for maps by Basic Human Needs, Foundations of Wellbeing, and Opportunity:

Human Geography, Vogeler The world’s population characteristics by country, in this case GDP per head and growth of GDP, are graphed two different ways. Which is better? Why? What other relevant characteristic might be plotted? Distribution of GDP or income & wealth distribution within each country.

Human Geography, Vogeler Income and wealth distribution within countries and among classes actually matters more for ordinary people than national statistics. Although China is now the world’s second biggest economy, its wealth is very unevenly distributed throughout the country and, by extension, by classes. The top 10 percent of Chinese households have 57 percent of the national income.