CITB01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Transcontinental Railroad, Fordism, Urban Design
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Two dimensions of urban growth & development: urban system, intra-urban structure () Mercantile period (1600-1800: canada as part of a global colonial trading system, fur trade, population and settlements remained small, harsh conditions, relied on indigenous help, not labour intensive, no real settlements, emergence of small-scale subsistence farming. Canada industrialization (1850-1945: westward (agricultural) expansion, confederation (1867, when all the provinces combined, first national policy (1879, called for high tariffs on imported manufactured items to protect the manufacturing industry, 1. Transcontinental railway: main product of west was still wheat, 2. I(cid:374)dustrial de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of the (cid:862)heartla(cid:374)d(cid:863) (quebec windsor corridor) Isi (important substitution industrialization: highest concentration of cities, industrial/manufacturing areas, e(cid:373)erge(cid:374)(cid:272)e of a (cid:862)heartla(cid:374)d-hi(cid:374)terla(cid:374)d(cid:863) split, di(cid:448)ersifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374) of ca(cid:374)ada"s ur(cid:271)a(cid:374) for(cid:373) Lec 3 (jan 22: metropolita(cid:374) do(cid:373)i(cid:374)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e ca(cid:374)ada"s urban growth is concentrated in five urban regions, pronounced contrast between metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas of the country, 1.
