Grade 12 Global Geography Urbanization Grade 12 Global Geography

Topics We Will Cover Introduction to Urbanization and Terms Organisation of Cities, and types of Cities Land Use theories Mega Cities/Rapid Urbanization – Problems and Solutions Urban Planning The problem of urban sprawl Rethinking Canadian Urban Spaces

What is Urbanization? A term often used in three senses: The proportion of a country’s population who reside in urban areas. 2. The movement of people from rural areas to urban settings. 3. The physical expansion of towns and cities into rural areas

Early Communities http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomad

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People Moving into Urban Areas Canada is an Urban nation with 80% of our population living in Urban areas. 90% of our population growth now happens in our 33 largest cities. Urbanization is occurring globally as population grows and people move to larger economic centers. More than 50% of the worlds population now lives in urban areas In 1900 this number was only 13% Urbanization is happening most rapidly in Developing Countries

Review: Push and Pull Factors Push Factors Pull Factors Poverty and poor living conditions No access to land No education/health services No jobs Employment Healthcare Education opportunities Availability of food Entertainment

What is a city? In different countries there are different definitions for Urban areas Canadian Urban Area: Persons living in continuously build-up areas having a population concentration of 1,000 or more and a population density of 400 or more per square kilometre.

Definitions Hamlet – Less than 100 people Village – between 100 and 1000 Town – between 1000 and 10 000 City – between 10 000 and 1 000 000 Metropolis – btw 1 000 000 and 10 000 000 Megalopolis – Greater than 10 000 000 Conurbation - several megalopolises and metropolises joined together with a total population over 20 000 000.  Ex. BosNyWash

BOSNYWASH

Definitions Central Metropolitan Area: In Canada, any central place over 100 000 people is called a Census Metropolitan Area or CMA. CMA’s are the fastest growing parts of Canada.

Site and Situation Two Geographic terms Site: the physical/natural characteristics and exact location of the community itself. Situation: refers to the features of the region that surround the specific settlement. The situation may include factors such as economic capability, climatic conditions, relation to other central places, transportation and direction. The situation includes a much larger area than does the site. Halifax Example…..

Halifax

Concentric Zone Theory

Sector Model

Multiple Nuclei Model