GEG2109 Lecture 2: Lecture 2
14 Aug 2016
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Studying what makes regions similar and diff. Understanding how people interact with economy and other. Environment and landscape can tell a lot about population. People not always determined by place (ex: las vegas has a lot of people but very little water) Regions designated to be different from others. Determined by physical and human characteristics: atlantic, quebec, ontario, western, bc, territorial north. Regions have a dynamic nature; they change based on historic events. Change in regions themselves (representation won"t be the same) Some things aren"t exclusive to certain regions. Regions aren"t equal, they"re not meant to be. Reflect attachment to region or area by local residents who bond with environment. Canada is divided into 4 regions, 1 core and 3 peripheries: core region manufacturing (ontario and qu bec, rapidly growing region expanding resource base (bc and western. Canada: slow growing region declining resource base (atlantic canada, resource frontier many resources exist but few are viable (territorial north)
