Contents

1. About the Book

2. Introduction

3. 1. Urban Settlement in British Columbia

   1. Introduction

   2. Urbanization in British Columbia

   3. Case Study 1: The Georgia and Dunsmuir Viaducts

      1. Vancouver: The Greenest City?

   4. Case Study 2: Dockside Green, Victoria

   5. Summary

   6. Key Terms

   7. Suggested Activities

   8. References and Resources

4. 2. Socio-Economics in British Columbia

   1. Introduction

   2. Quality-of-Life Measures

   3. Homelessness and Poverty in the First World

   4. Case Study 1: Victoria and Williams Lake

   5. Case Study 2: Housing Affordability

   6. Summary

   7. Key Terms

   8. Suggested Activities

   9. References and Resources

5. 3. Aboriginal Issues in British Columbia

   1. Introduction

   2. Territories, Natural Resources and First Treaties

   3. Modern Treaties and Claims

   4. Case Study 1: The Indian Residential School System

   5. Summary

   6. Key Terms

   7. Suggested Activities

   8. References and Resources

6. 4. Resources in British Columbia

   1. Introduction

   2. What are Resources?

   3. Mining in BC

   4. Case Study 1: The Gold Rush

   5. Case Study 2: Carrier Nation and the Endako Mine

   6. Summary

   7. Key Terms

   8. Suggested Activities

   9. References and Resources

7. 5. Food Systems in British Columbia

   1. Introduction

   2. Food Systems in the Physical Landscape

   3. Food Systems in British Columbia

   4. Confronting the Frontiers

   5. Case Study 1: The Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR)

   6. Case Study 2: Managing the BC Salmon Fishery

   7. Summary

   8. Key Terms

   9. Suggested Activities

   10. References and Resources

8. 6. Forestry in British Columbia

   1. Introduction

   2. History of Commercial Logging

   3. Pulp and Paper Mills

   4. Forest Tree Tenures

   5. Case Study 1: Mountain Pine Beetle

   6. Summary

   7. Key Terms

   8. Suggested Activities

   9. References and Resources

9. 7. Health Geography in British Columbia

   1. Introduction

   2. Types of Health Geographies

   3. Case Study 1: The "Golden Hour" and Access to Health Care

   4. Case Study 2: Urban Heat Islands, Health and Spatial Technologies

   5. Summary

      1. Summary

   6. Key Terms

   7. Suggested Activities

   8. References and Resources

10. 8. Physical Geography of British Columbia

    1. Introduction

    2. Climate Change and Environment in BC

    3. Geology

    4. Hazards

    5. Case Study 1: 1965 Hope Slide

    6. Case Study 2: 1964 Port Alberni Tsunami

    7. Case Study 3: 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park Fire

    8. Summary

    9. Key Terms

    10. Suggested Activities

    11. References and Resources

11. Tools for Spatial Data Collection and Utilization

    1. Geographic Information

12. Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography

13. Physical Geography Research Methods

14. How to Find Research Literature

15. About the Authors

16. Additional Credits

17. Versioning History