Geography 2011A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: 24 Sussex Drive, Golden Horseshoe, North American Free Trade Agreement
31 Jan 2018
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Heartland and hinterland: related terms and definitions, characteristics. Heartland vs. hinterland: heartland: dominant economic core, hinterland: The heartland-hinterland system model provides a framework for examining, at various geographic scales, the movement of people, goods and services, investment capital (money), and technology from one region to another. Model that explains how heartland becomes heartland and relationship to hinterland. Using it for ontario vs canada, but can use it for things like downtown vs subburbs. Geographic model cause showing how things move around and how it changes economic activity, use of land and stuff. Smallest part where things concentrated (people, power, money, locust of harvest of economic activity etc basically urbanized area) No room for primary economic activity here. If (cid:455)ou"re diverse, (cid:455)ou"re resilient, more things to offer. Good physical qualities: has to be decent place, easy place to live, warm, can grow things, have resources on canadian shield.
