Geography 2010A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Urban Sprawl, Western Alienation In Canada, Cultural Area
12 Apr 2016
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Border security: need to keep the border open while also protecting it. Contaminated drinking water: especially native reserves. Exploitation of resources: e. g. , oil sands in alberta, nickel mines, copper mines. Native land disputes: unresolved treaties where aboriginal people think they deserver more land than they"ve been given. Western alienation: so far away from the capital, ottawa. Federal transfer payments: how the federal government gives money to each of the provinces. Air quality: smog, traffic in high population. Spread of new disease: e. g. , west nile, sars. Forest loss: especially in areas around b. c. Urban sprawl: cities keep spreading out and out, gobbling out natural land. Inaccessibility of the north: no highways, only way to get there is by boat and airplane. Economic disparity among regions: even amongst some of our cities and neighbourhoods. Living and working in a common space inevitably leads to the formation of a regional identity.
