Drawing on one of the following themes:
- Urban Landscapes;
- Tourism Landscapes;
- Arts Landscapes;
- Heritage Landscapes;
- Public Housing Landscapes;
- Landscapes of the Elderly;
- Immigration Landscapes;
- Economic Landscapes.
Employing the geographical concepts of Place and Scale, critically evaluate on the future of a country. How feasible is that vision for your selected theme? Provide an alternative solution to the theme you have chosen.
I would like to focus my essay on transport network of a particular country let said thailand but does it belong to one of the themes? Urban or Economic landscape? or none of the above?
I would also like to know what should I write for each paragraph (the main focus in each paragraph)
First paragraph - Introduction? explanation of the themes chosen?
Second paragraph -??? Problem?
Third paragraph - ??? Problem?
Last parapgrah - solution
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you very much for your assistance.
I would like to give you some suggestions before you begin this essay. I understand that you are interested in transportation. If you decide to use this, it would be too brief to include in tourism or economic landscapes.
Since the essay involves geography, I would think about the essay in terms of geography and the questions that are given. Here are some examples:
1) How are the landscapes in Thailand related to tourism? You could analyze each tourist attraction in terms of geography. Then discuss Thailand's future based upon these attractions. Is there an alternative solution to the problem?
2) How are the landscapes in Thailand impacting living conditions in public housing? Analyze the place and scale of public housing. How does this impact Thailand and its future? How do you think this future observations of public housing is analyzed correctly? What is an alternate or another future that could exist with public housing.
I tried to give you examples.There are so many questions you have to answer in writing this essay. If you need to speak with an instructor, I would suggest you ask questions about this assignment. You will feel more confident before you write knowing that your questions are answered. Also, you have to understand if you have to critically evaluate on the future of a country based only on geography. Ex: What if you decided to write: Tourism can have positive or negative effects on the economy because it builds revenue and the location of tourists attractions may have an impact on revenue. Would this answer be contrary to what is being asked?
This is my first time that I am going to write an essay that is based on the concept of geography so I am still a bit lost . Writing based on the concept of geography , what does it mean(What is it looking for ?) What i mean is the main focus of the essay.
I did some research regarding the meaning of the terms. Scale refers to space, landscape to land, and then there is place. If you use Thailand, you are going to be discussing the places or spaces and how that relates to the future of that country. It says one theme, so I will assume that you have to select a theme.
For example if you choose public housing, you would focus on the place and spaces of public housing in Thailand. Then discuss how public housing fits into how you view the future of Thailand in terms of places and spaces. Ex: Let's assume you did research and learned that there were many building projects that are presently occurring in Thailand. Your conclusion maybe that the future of building and having enough space to build in Thailand is bright (critically evaluate on the future of a country). Since you selected public housing, you think that there should be enough space to build more public housing based on your knowledge of other building projects having space to build (How feasible is that vision for your selected theme). However, you feel that public housing and office buildings need to be built to help with job growth (Provide an alternative solution to the theme you have chosen)
It seems as if you should focus on the developments or what is occurring with place and spaces set aside for the theme you choose such as tourism, urban areas, art, heritage, the elderly, immigrants, etc.
I would suggest answering the questions in order:
I. Introduction which will include critically evaluating the future of Thailand
II. How feasible is that vision for your selected theme (i.e. public housing, tourism, etc).
III. Provide an alternative solution to the theme you have chosen
IV. Conclusion
I am going to suggest again that you determine if this will fulfill the guidelines by asking someone. If you write a rough draft someone can assist you. This isn't an easy assignment. I hope this helps you!
Hi
Thank you for your reply.
I would ask one more thing before i start to write my draft. Usually to begin an essay. How should the opening be and should i start off by stating the landscape that I want to write then critically evaluating the future of a country?
By the way if I really want to talk about transport in a country , which landscape does it belong to? Economic ? Urban ? or none?
@CK, first of all, the topic you chose is really good, there are a lot of things about geography, landscape and concepts that you can write about.
I have a few tips for you to ponder on as you go along with your writing;
- define the subject
- do your research
- draw the line of your ideas
- stick to your ideas
- choose one particular space that you want to work on
- the feasibility of your essay will only be defined by how you will write it
- be objective
- cite examples
- your step by step process and the mechanism that will drive you to reach your goal
- your back up plan if the original blue print doesn't work
- most of all your facts and figures
There you have it, you should be able to draft your essay and post it here on EF so we can help you further.
