GEOG 2RC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nordicity, Permafrost, North Premier
20 Jan 2018
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Territories: different from provinces in terms of political and representation and their ability to manage social and economic policies, federal government has a much more prominent role to play in policy making. Nordicity index: latitude, summer heat, annual cold, types of ice, annual precipitation, natural vegetation, accessibility by land or sea, accessibility by air, population, economic activity. Federal and territorial governments use this to determine isolation allowances for employees which is needed to attract skilled professionals. The last frontier: people view the north as the last frontier to be conquered in canada. Predicated that the artic will be ice free during the summers of 2015-2039. Northern economies: mode of production, the resources, technology, social organization. Ideology that permit the factors of production (land, labor, capital: these are combined in order to meet the material, social and spiritual needs of the society.
