GEO 151 Lecture 2: week 2
6 Apr 2016
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Coal and iron ore are the first 2 most important products along with lime stone to make steel. So the steel industry should be located near coal and iron ore: but hamilton doesn"t have those materials. Why hamilton: could it be cause its close to the car production of canada, ships carry bulky items. These materials are moving around the great lakes through ports. Hamilton has big ports: its already built. 28 countries: used to be satellites for ussr. Streets are not build for automobiles, but pedestrians. Not any tall financial buildings: due to historical factors. But north america doesn"t have much history so we have many tall towers and financial buildings: tallest building is church (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) What does it look like: what"s happening, boundaries indicate where it is. Not created equally: depending on area. People generally think transportation gets better/faster: depends on your network location.
