Geography 1400F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Symposium On Principles Of Programming Languages, Megacity, Industrial Revolution
20 Apr 2019
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Canada"s "de-industralizing" & moving into the tertiary & quaternary economic sectors or a "post-industrial" economy (consumer-society: urbanism & urbanization. Density -toronto 2,450 p/sq/km, london 800 p/sq/km. Canada- 1000+ people having a popl"n density of 400+/km^2. Non-farming jobs, ruling elites, science& arts, long-distance trade, material wealth & goods, technology, France -2000+ people; portugal 10,000+ people; japan 50,000+ social organization complex. Varies over space (earth); varies over time . Security; public transportation; increased consumer choice; specialized services; variety of people met; increased commute times. Most urbanism (condition): developed world, north. a, western eu. Industrial revolution provided the impetus for the rapid growth in the # &size of urban centres. Growth involved expansion of urban areas & creation of suburbs. Urbanization had normal distribution of city sizes. Cities are growing primarily through rural urban migration as well as natural growth. Urbanization largely due to rural to urban migration & natural popl"n increase w/out economic growth of industrialization in west.
