GEOG 2UI3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Commuter Town, Transnationalism
18 Apr 2016
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Increasing fragmentation of economic, social and material fabric of cities. Some groups, neighborhoods and cities are strongly connected to flows of information, investment and infrastructure. But ever since the housing crisis governments are still spending to stabilize the economy. Women (with children) are going the into labour force. 1990"s more than half of the population growth was due to immigrants. U. s. 33% growth was due to immigration (1980-2000) Sources of immigrants have changed (no longer just. Transnationalism (immigrants now have a greater connection to their home countries) Consequences for urban systems: global urban system. World cities as nodes in global economy. Cities in which a disproportionate share of the worlds most important business- economic, political, cultural- is conducted: united states urban system. 1980"s and 1990"2: renewed growth of large cities. 2000: >50% of people in cities of >1 million: canadian urban system. 15 urban centers account for 17. 5 million people (2001) Bc, alberta: oil, gas, timber, pacific rim connection.
