Geography 2011A/B Lecture 4: Geo 2011- Lecture 4
6 Oct 2016
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Outline of lecture: heartland and hinterland. Heartland: urbanized; doesn"t have to be physically in the middle: core vs. periphery, metropolis vs. periphery. Definitions: the heartland-hinterland system model provides a framework for examining, at various geographic scales, the movement of people, goods and services, investment capital, and technology from one region to another. Heavily urbanized: highly urbanized population, corporate control. Ontario is a financial center: secondary, tertiary, and quaternary activities dominate, industrial core, cities with diversified economies, good physical qualities. Nicest climate and easiest to convert land: access to markets, well integrated system of cities. Paul dimovski: capacity for innovation and change, economic, social, and political power. Hinterland: the rest (large land area, low concentration of population, scattered population. Depending on the nature of the population. Agriculture: more spread out: more rural population, lower incomes. Fewer economic opportunities: primary activities dominate, produce few finished goods, towns with specialized economics, more unemployment.
