NORTH AMERICA (CHAPTER 3)

DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS  (US & CANADA)  ENGLISH LANGUAGE  CHRISTIAN FAITHS  EUROPEAN NORMS GOVERNMENT, ARCHITECTURE, DIET, ARTS  HIGHLY URBANIZED  MOBILE POPULATIONS  HIGH INCOMES  FEDERAL STATES

PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS

CLIMATE PATTERNS

THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE: British Isles Germany Scandinavia South/East Europe Latin America Asia Immigration in 1000s Push Factors Pull Factors +1840s: Irish Potato Famine+Economic Opportunity : Overpopulation, War+Political/Religious Freedom +Recent: Overpopulation, War, Oppression+Land Availability

ETHNIC PATTERNS

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

 CONCERNED WITH THE SPATIAL ASPECTS OF CITIES AND URBAN SYSTEMS  MAJOR THEMES HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF CITIES PLANNING AND POLICY-MAKING  URBAN SPATIAL CHANGE: Single-centered urban structure of the past is transformed into a multicentered model in which several outlying activity concentrations rival the Central Business District (CBD) URBAN GEOGRAPHY

COMPONENTS OF THE SPATIAL ECONOMY  ACTIVITIES OR SECTORS Primary (Extractive Activities) Secondary (Manufacturing) Tertiary (Services) Quaternary (Information) Quinary (Management)

INDUSTRIAL LOCATION FACTORS  Location of raw materials  Labor availability  Energy availability  Location of markets  Transportation

NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING

POSTINDUSTRIAL COMMUNICATIONS

FUELRESOURCES

AGRICULTURE IN THE U.S.

Detroit Montreal Quebec City Toronto Windsor “MAIN STREET CLUSTER” IN CANADA See next slide

CANADACANADA Canada achieves 79% urbanization, like the U.S.

Pick one of these 9 and discuss in detail, for test:  NORTH AMERICAN CORE  MARITIME NORTHEAST  FRENCH CANADA  CONTINENTAL INTERIOR  SOUTH  SOUTHWEST  WESTERN FRONTIER  NORTHERN FRONTIER  PACIFIC HINGE REGIONS OF THE REALM

REGIONS OF THE REALM

NORTH AMERICAN CORE  SYNONYMOUS WITH THE MANUFACTURING BELT  CONTAINS LARGEST CITY AND CAPITAL OF BOTH COUNTRIES  EXTENSIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS AND FACILITIES  GROWING IMPACT OF POSTINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION

MARITIME NORTHEAST  UPPER NEW ENGLAND AND THE ATLANTIC PROVINCES  ECONOMIC FOCUS PRIMARY ACTIVITIES RECREATION TOURISM

FRENCH CANADA  THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF QUEBEC AND NEIGHBORING ACADIA  LONG LOT LAND DIVISION SYSTEM  IMPACT OF QUEBEC’S SEPARATIST MOVEMENT  MONTREAL

FRANCOPHONE QUEBEC

CONTINENTAL INTERIOR  CENTER OF CONTERMINOUS U.S. AND SOUTHERN CANADA  TREMENDOUS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY  CORN AND WHEAT BELTS; SOYBEANS  URBAN CENTERS KANSAS CITY MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL WINNIPEG OMAHA DENVER

SOUTH  SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE REALM  MOST DYNAMIC REGION IN TERMS OF CHANGE  CONTINUING ECONOMIC PROBLEMS  POVERTY AND INCOME DISPARITY  CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS

SOUTHWEST  US-MEXICAN BORDERLAND – a lot of cross-migration to work  A TRICULTURAL REGION E. J. PALKA

WESTERN FRONTIER  REALM’S NEWEST REGION  POPULATION INFLUX  THE LAS VEGAS BOOM  OTHER METROPOLISES DENVER SALT LAKE CITY

NORTHERN FRONTIER  NORTH OF 52°N LATITUDE  NORTH AMERICA’S LARGEST REGION  FRONTIER STATUS  INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

PACIFIC HINGE  PACIFIC COASTLANDS OF THE CONTERMINOUS U.S. AND SW CANADA  LEGACY OF 20 TH CENTURY CONTINUOUS GROWTH  BALANCE BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT  NATURAL HAZARDS