CITB01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Golden Horseshoe, Greater Montreal, Service Economy
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Youngest cities, saskatchewan, virginia, fort mcmurray: contemporary developments- Metropolitan dominance: canada;s urban growth is concentrated in its major metropolitan areas. What are the underlying factors that contribute to the uneven development of canada"s urban system at the beginning of the 21st century? if we look bath at 20th century its industrialization, working class, Tourism industry is important, sudbury and timmins have no attractive tourist locations, Service economy, might be a factor that involves the services. Immigration, in canada immigration is very uneven, , mtv syndrome, 75% new people settle in toronto, montreal and ottawa, and 25% of the rest settle elsewhere. Nafta, a degree of canada s policy making power is less now than it used to be , because of free trade. Eg- osap letter coming from sudbury, state encouraging employment in other states. What are the infrastructure needs of a growing region, Metropolitan region of toronto is not only the city of toronto,
