British Columbia in a Global Context

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British Columbia in a Global Context Green, Arthur; Ettya, Aviv; McPhee, Siobhán; Ricker, Britta; Temenos, Cristina

Abstract

This first year Geography textbook takes a holistic approach to Geography by incorporating elements of physical, human and regional geography, as well as bringing in methods and perspectives from spatial information science. This textbook applies a fundamental geographical approach to understanding our globally changing world by looking at local processes which are linked to larger global processes and events. The textbook includes numerous case studies specific to British Columbia as well as a number of suggested service learning activities. OER Description: This textbook on geography was developed to support undergraduate lower division students. This open educational resource (OER) includes summaries, case studies, activities, vocabulary lists, and research methods. This free online British Columbia geography textbook is available from the B.C. Open Textbook Project in additional formats

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Title	British Columbia in a Global Context
Creator	Green, Arthur; Ettya, Aviv; McPhee, Siobhán; Ricker, Britta; Temenos, Cristina
Publisher	BCcampus Open Education
Date Issued	2014
Description	This first year Geography textbook takes a holistic approach to Geography by incorporating elements of physical, human and regional geography, as well as bringing in methods and perspectives from spatial information science. This textbook applies a fundamental geographical approach to understanding our globally changing world by looking at local processes which are linked to larger global processes and events. The textbook includes numerous case studies specific to British Columbia as well as a number of suggested service learning activities. OER Description: This textbook on geography was developed to support undergraduate lower division students. This open educational resource (OER) includes summaries, case studies, activities, vocabulary lists, and research methods. This free online British Columbia geography textbook is available from the B.C. Open Textbook Project in additional formats
Genre	Book
Type	Text
Language	eng
Series	University of British Columbia. Open Educational Resources
Date Available	2021-04-28
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0397014
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/78029
Affiliation	Arts, Faculty of; Non UBC; Geography, Department of
Citation	Geography Open Textbook Collective. (2014). British Columbia in a Global Context. Victoria, B.C.: BCcampus.
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty; Graduate
Copyright Holder	Geography Open Textbook Collective
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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