GEO 607 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: United States Census Bureau, Eurostat, Census Geographic Units Of Canada
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Our urban population is about 27 million (2011)- total population, 33 million (2011) Urbanized but spread out across many cities. Continued concentration of growth within the largest cities. The factors for urbanization can be divided into economic and demographic process. The challenge for study is that the urban area are composed of diverse municipal units. Many were created over a century ago. Development and change has not been constant across the urban areas of canada- because only the largest urban areas are growing. When we map, we measure and discuss cities in canada that are artifacts of stats canada. Cities vary in their definitions depending on the statistical agency responsible: united states census bureau, eu - eurostat. Constrained to traditional boundaries of neighbouring cities- oshawa, hamilton. Boundaries can expand as a city grows outward, but stops when the boundary reaches another city.
