Richard A. Roth
Professor
of Geography
I received a B.A. in Economics from the
Courses I teach:
Geography 140, Introduction to Environmental Studies
This course introduces concepts for understanding the interactions between human societies and the natural world and explores issues facing us as we begin the 21st century. Here is a link to the National Library for the Environment website. Another fine website for information on a wide variety of environmental topics is the Earth Portal, which also contains links to the Encylopedia of Earth.
Geography 202, The Commonwealth of Virginia
Physical, historical, and contemporary cultural geography of Virginia.
Geography 241, Environmental Regulation
Laws
and regulations for water quality, air quality, waste management, as well as
concepts for understanding the environmental policy process and current
debates. Here is a good source for
environmental regulatory news.
Geography 361, Public Lands
This course introduces students to four federal land management systems: the National Forests, National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, and BLM lands. Covers the history, organization, institutions, and contemporary politics of the major federal land management systems and the legal landscape within which federal land policies are created and shaped. Here is a resource on writing a research paper (the Writer's Complex at Empire State College). McConnell Library has handouts for bibliographic citation of both print and electronic sources using APA Style.
Geography 362, Geography of Rivers
Physical
and biological aspects of rivers, as well as social uses and impacts of society
on rivers. A list of journal with river-related content can be found here. I've also put together a list of links related to rivers and water resources. A list of books ordered for this course by
McConnell Library can be found here. A resource
for writing research papers is here,
and the McConnell Library's APA format guides are here.
Stream channel structure module on EPA's
Geography 492, Land Use
Ecological, economic, and social aspects of land use. Here is a list of suggested scholarly journals for the research paper, and a very good resource for writers with a whole section on writing a research paper is here. Land use web links. Here is a resource on Census geography.
Geography 493, Planning Techniques
Comprehensive
planning, zoning, subdivision regulations, and other aspects of community
planning in
The
New River Watershed Roundtable