"Arts, Faculty of"@en . "Geography, Department of"@en . "DSpace"@en . "UBCV"@en . "Yarbrough, Gary"@en . "2012-07-09T18:24:26Z"@en . "2012"@en . "https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/42614?expand=metadata"@en . 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