SCI 275 Week 4

Assignment: Urbanization

Resources: Ch. 7 of Visualizing Environmental Science and the Dubai Web site

Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum]

Review Ch. 7 which discusses the benefits and challenges of urbanization and how the U.N. Conference gave awards for urban development projects that improved human settlements.

Read summaries of the 1996 Winners of the Dubai awards on their Web site

Create a 7- to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation that describes environmental benefits and challenges of urbanization. In your own words, include descriptions of two 1996 award winners, discussing how they overcame one of the challenges mentioned in your presentation.

Include detailed speaker notes.

Include APA guidelines for any citations and references used.

CheckPoint: Population Size

Resource: Ch. 7 Alien Invasion VLR

Due Date: Day 5 [Individual forum]

View the Ch. 7 Alien Invasion VLR located under the Week Four Materials section of your aXcess page.

Post a 200- to 300-word response to the following: Explain the four factors that produce changes in population size. Which factors are affecting the population size in the video? What do you predict will happen to the nutria population after all the land is depleted of the nutrias food resource?