GPHY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: West Vancouver, Commuter Town, Urban Sprawl

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GPHY 101
• Professor: Anne Godlewska

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So how would we know whether an area is urban or. The outline for today"s presentation includes discussion of the research method. The changes in the last census period from 2006 to 2011. So is canada an urban nation? for over 100 years. In fact, in 20, we passed the point at which there are more urban people than rural people. Actually, this is still the city of vancouver. We"re not even talking about the suburban areas, like west vancouver and north vancouver at coquitlam. Well it is, under the definition that urban is not rural. And then when you look at the entire lower mainland region, you"ll find that very large areas with lots of people, like the areas in yellow and white here are considered urban. Well, this is an important question because if you have to decide between say, a subway or a streetcar for a place like.