Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff 1 Setting the Boundaries North America Region composed of two countries: Canada The United States Highly mobile, industrialized and urbanized

Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff 2 Figure 3.1 North America

Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff 3 Human-Environment Interaction: Costs of Human Modification Soils, Vegetation and Water Agricultural Transformations Urban Transformations Atmosphere Acid Rain Air Quality Resource Consumption

Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff 4 Physical Diversity: Climate Region’s size, latitudinal range and varied terrain contribute to diversity in climate and vegetation patterns. Cooler Continental Interior: Boreal Forest High Latitudes: Tundra Drier Continental Climates: Prairie

Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff 5 Population: Current Patterns Modern Spatial and Demographic Patterns Uneven pattern of distribution. Metropolitan clusters dominate landscape. Megalopolis Figure 3.10

Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff 6 Population: Historic Patterns European Settlement Expansion 1 st Stage ( ) 2 nd Stage ( ) 3 rd Stage ( ) Figure 3.11

Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff 7 North Americans on the Move Westward Migration African-American Migration from the South Rural-to-Urban Migration Migration to the Sunbelt South Counterurbanization Fig. 3.12

Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff 8 Figure 3.19

Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff 9 American City Growth Changing Transportation Technologies Evolving from Concentric Zones to Urban Realms Urban Decentralization Figure 3.16

Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff 10 Settlement Geographies: Urban Urban Realms Model Highlights new suburban growth. Edge Cities Figure Higher income residents in Indianapolis tend to cluster toward newer opportunities on the urban periphery

Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff 11 Settlement Geographies: Urban (cont’d) Gentrification Pittsburgh’s SouthSide Works neighborhood is evidence of an urban renaissance on the site of an old steel plant on the Monongahela River. Figure 3.17

Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff 12 Settlement Geographies - Suburban Sprawl in Las Vegas, NV Rapid pace of change in suburban Henderson, NV between 1990 and 2000 Figure 3.13

Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff 13 Settlement Geographies: Rural Repeating geometric patterns are a hallmark of rural North American landscapes Township and Range “stamp” in Iowa Figure 3.18

Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff 14 Culturally Diverse Landscapes- Miami Figure Figure Figure 3.4.2

Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff 15 Globalization of Culture Cultural Diffusion: Two-way process North America Other World Regions Language Tourism Internet Media Forms of Connectivity

Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff 16 Geopolitical Issues Figure 3.27 Challenges to Federalism: -Quebec Secession -Native Land Claims Politics of Immigration

Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff 17 Life in Nunavut Immigration Protests Fig Fig. 3.29

Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff 18 Creating A Continental Economy Sectoral Transformation Evolution from primary sector to quaternary sector Map illustrates spatial concentrations of these transformations Figure 3.31

Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff 19 Sectoral Shifts Figure 3.35 Figure 3.36 Gulf Coast Petroleum Refining Silicon Valley

Diversity Amid Globalization, 4th edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff 20 Persisting Social Issues Figure 3.36 Wealth and Poverty in Tampa (Fig. 3.38) and New York City (Fig. 3.39) Aging Landscapes in Arizona