Topic: term paper summary about Deepwater Horizon oil spill effect environment
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Introduction
What environmental issue interests you most? Is it the impact of ecotourism on sea turtle populations? Or are you intrigued by how environmental activism arises in response to industrial pollution? Or does the feasibility of converting to all-renewable energy interest you the most? In this assignment, you will select a topic of interest to you, apply two perspectives on human-environment interactions to this issue, and then argue which of the two perspectives offers the best explanation of the problem.
Assignment objectives
The objectives of this assignment are twofold:
? To critically analyze a contemporary environmental issue in a particular geographical place or region
? To compare/contrast two approaches to studying human-environment interactions
How to choose a topic
In this assignment, you are allowed to choose your topic so that everyone has the opportunity to write about an issue that interests them. You may write about topics that we cover in class or you may choose to write about something else. If a class topic interests you but has not yet been covered, you may want to look ahead at the readings. Although there is room for flexibility, you should aim to be fairly specific about your topic. Instead of ?climate change impacts,? you may want write about a particular impact in a particular place. For example, you may choose to write about impacts on agriculture in West Africa or the spread of vector-borne disease in the Southeast United States. If you need some ideas, visit the instructor in office hours and she will help you to determine an appropriate topic based on your interests.
What?s required
You will complete the term paper in a series of ?deliverables,? including:
(1) Paper summary (due March 3 or 4, 2016): Your summary should be a succinct and detailed description of the environmental issue you will analyze. Your summary should include:
a. A 4-6 sentence fact-based problem statement that clearly identifies the environmental issue you wish to research and outlines the significance of the issue in contemporary human-society interactions.
b. A discussion of the two approaches you will use to analyze your selected issue (what they are and how they explain your topic.
c. A preliminary bibliography that provides a minimum of three sources directly related to your topic, two of which must be peer-reviewed journal articles. These sources should be cited in the body of your problem statement.
i. Note: References such as blogs and newspaper articles could be used primarily to discuss what people are saying about an issue. Wikipedia may be a good place to find further references, but do NOT use or cite information from Wikipedia.