Ideas for presentation topics. Other topics can be considered. For presentation topics, one might also talk about the unique features of a place (e.g., Niagara Falls, Yellowstone National Park). This does not include a listing of places in a city tour, however.

Megalopolis
Inner Cities problems/urban revitalization
Sprawl Issues
Pollution issues
Where does Megalopolis dump its waste? (waste management issues)
Transportation Issues/history for Megalopolis
How cities are adjusting to a declining manufacturing base

Bypassed East
Decline of Fisheries: impacts and prospects
Expected impacts of Hibernia petroleum development
Mt. Washington Weather

Manufacturing Core
Agricultural vs industrial pollution of region
Great Lakes: formation, water quality issues, or historic role in transportation
Declining US manufacturing and globalization of industry: causes and impacts
Comparisons of US and CN manufacturing centers
How cities are adjusting to a declining manufacturing base

Canada's National Core
Ottawa's government buildings
Comparisons of US and CN manufacturing centers
Montreal or Toronto
Interesting Sites (e.g., Niagara Falls)
History of discrimination of French Canadians (paper topics only--no presentations)

Agricultural Core
Agricultural vs industrial pollution
Farming issues (with many farmers retiring, who will be farming in upcoming decades?)
Rise of corporate/factory farming/decline of family farming
Conventional versus alternative agriculture

Changing South
Population Growth Issues for the South
Industrial growth of South: geography, causes, or impacts
Effects of Olympics on economy of Atlanta

Appalachia & Ozarks
Life in the Ozarks
Historic/Modern Appalachian Culture
Coal Mining Social/Environmental Impacts

Southern Coastlands
Cajun Culture
Wetlands Issues
Floridas Sinkholes and/or Lake District
Florida's growing population and shrinking water supplies
Environmental Impacts of Petrochemical Industries

Great Plains & Prairies
Farming Issues
Role of Isolation in development of Great Plains fairs
Depopulation of the Great Plains
Water Resource Issues
Alberta's booming energy industry
Great Plains as the Buffalo Commons

Empty Interior
Water Resource Issues
National Parks: Why so many in Empty Interior
Threats to National Parks, both inside and out
Sprawl in the Rockies
Issues for Denver's growing population (water supply, sprawl)
Denver airport issues
Environmental Impacts of Mining
Mormonism/ Salt Lake City
Mining Procedures and Impacts
Oregon Trail, Mormon Pioneer Trail, California Trail

SW Border Area
Native American Issues (e.g., nuclear waste dumping on reservations)
Native American land claims
Native American casinos--who really benefits?
Ecology of Deserts
Uses of Deserts (e.g., nuclear testing)
Illegal border crossings
Border industrialization

California
Water Issues/California Water Project
CA earthquakes: causes and how society has adjusted
CA urbanism/ sprawl issues
How urbanization in CA differs from that in the east

North Pacific Coast
Logging Issues
Impact of introduction of High-tech industry
Adjustments to volcanism
Trade and economic growth for Vancouver
Effect of recent volcanic activity at Mt. St. Helens

Northlands
Logging Issues
Inuit/Canadian Indian Issues
Alaska Tourism: Sites and Impacts
Impacts of Petroleum Development in Alaska
La Grande hydroelectric project impacts/controversy
Potential for greater use of the Northlands
Diamond mine discoveries

Hawaii
State of separatist movement
Decline of Pineapple/Sugar Production
Effect of introduction of non-native species to Hawaii
Story of US annexation of Hawaii
Issues of Hawaiian Real Estate (costs, lack of availability, landownership)