Urban and Rural Settlements By Mr. Papadopoulos

Definition: Rural Settlement of areas outside cities and towns where population density is low. Economic activities are farming, mining, forestry…

List some rural regions/places in Canada Prairies, Arctic, Canadian Shield Flamborough Niagara on the Lake Northern BC, Woodstock Burlington – north of Hwy 407

Definition: Urban Settlement of areas inside towns and cities greater than Population density is high. Economic activities are manufacturing, banking, government services, retail…

What are the 4 largest cities in Canada? 4 Ottawa-Gatineau – 1 million 3 Vancouver million 2 Montreal million 1 Toronto -4.4 million

Positives/Negatives of Urban living Positives – Jobs – Entertainment – Services – Access Negatives – Crime – Poverty – Crowded – Pollution – Traffic – Expensive

Positives + Negatives of Rural living Positives – Clean air – Nature – Low rent – Grow own food Negatives – Isolation – Low wages – Hard work – Lack of services

Urbanization The process from which an area changes from being rural to urban

What areas in Burlington are experiencing this: Orchard Millcroft Tansley woods Appleby line area North of Dundas

Canada's Urbanization over time

Trend- Increasing Urbanization In % of Canadians live in urban areas 20% live in rural areas In the future more will come to live in the cities meaning cities will become larger, taking up more space

Reasons for growing Urbanization Jobs, opportunity Services School/Universities Higher Standard of living Mechanization of agriculture

Problems/ Issues of Urbanization Loss of rural areas means loss of… – Farmland – Nature/beauty – Heritage/way of life – Recreation – And more environmental damage/pollution more cars, roads, factories, less trees…

Urban Sprawl Low density developments surrounding a city taking up much farmland and open space. Relies heavily on automobiles

More cars = more pollution

Climate Change due to green house gasses

Town Hall Meeting: Stakeholders Disscussion Issue development of a Coal Power Plant north of Dundas in Burlington? Should it happen?

Stakeholders Town Hall Interests Groups – Ontario Power Generation – City of Burlington – Rural Farmers – Urbanites – yuppies – Conservation/Environmentalists – Developers – Coal inc.