GEO 793 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Carport, Urban Renewal, Planned Community
18 Sep 2018
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Because they cannot satisfy all the needs for their citizens they. Must depend on exporting goods and services in order to be able to acquire and pay for the required products from outside. Not much agriculture in the city; must get supplies externally. Cities must reach beyond their borders to sustain its population hinterland (national and international) Canadian cities import various resources including agricultural products, manufactured goods and labour from foreign countries. As economic production creates more jobs, economic production is considered the main reason for urban growth. Canadian cities have moved from an economy based on manufacturing to a knowledge-based and service economy. Reproduction in the marxist sense centres on the conditions essential to the presence of the labour force. Canada is presently unable to reproduce its own labour, therefore immigration is required to sustain economic growth. Toronto, 1901-1931: a study of ethnic and class. One point, everyone was on the same level as sellers.
