Private: Faculty of Arts and Science – Social Sciences
Geography, Planning & Environment
Open Textbooks and Concordia Courses
| Open Textbook Title | Potentially Relevant Courses |
| Environmental Science: A Canadian Perspective | |
| Environmental Biology | |
| Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation | |
| Physical Geology | |
| Earth Science | |
| Geosciences LibreTexts Library | |
| Introduction to Human Geography | |
| World Regional Geography: People, Places and Globalization | |
| Geographic Information System Basics | |
| Nature of Geographic Information |
Description and Access
Environmental Science
Environmental Science: A Canadian Perspective
This environmental science text has been positively-reviewed and has been successfully adopted by other faculty. It covers introductory concepts in environmental science, from ecosystems to sustainable development.
Includes: instructor resources, student resources, and summaries
Environmental Biology
This world environmental biology text covers salient issues in the environment using a biological perspective. It covers introductory concepts in environmental biology, from climate change to ozone depletion.
Includes: instructor resources, student resources, and summaries
This text has been positively-reviewed and is intended for both a broad-based introductory class on sustainability and as a supplement to specialist courses with a dimension on sustainability in their areas of study. As sustainability is a multidisciplinary area of study, the text is the product of multiple authors drawn from the diverse faculty of the University of Illinois: each chapter is written by a recognized expert in the field.
Physical Geography
Physical Geology
This textbook was written by an earth sciences professor at Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia, Canada. This was done in collaboration with academics from various post-secondary institutions across BC and the rest of Canada. It has been successfully adopted.
Includes: applications, chapter summaries, exercises, and solutions
Earth Science
This text includes introductions to concepts from level I earth science courses, from geology to water systems. It was developed through Lumen Learning and a professor of Geology and Earth Sciences from Santa Ana College.
Includes: exercises and summaries
Geosciences LibreTexts Library
A collection of open textbooks, assignments, and other educational resources on the subject of geosciences.
Includes: lab experiments, case studies, interactive applications and worksheets
Human Geography
Introduction to Human Geography
This physical geography text has been positively-reviewed. It covers introductory concepts in human geography, from migration to agriculture.
Includes: instructor resources, student resources, and summaries
World Regional Geography: People, Places and Globalization
This world geography text has been positively-reviewed and has been successfully adopted by other faculty. It covers introductory concepts in geography, from North American geography to African geography.
Includes: instructor resources, student resources, and summaries
Geographic Information Systems
Geographic Information System Basics
This geographic information systems text has been positively-reviewed. It covers introductory concepts in GIS, from augmented maps to vector files.
Includes: instructor resources, student resources, and summaries
Nature of Geographic Information
This world GIS text has been positively-reviewed. It covers introductory concepts in GIS, from data and information geography to integrating geographic data.
Includes: instructor resources, student resources, and summaries
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