GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Gemeinschaft And Gesellschaft, Urban Sprawl, Telecommuting
Document Summary
Geographies of cities & settlement i: introduction to forms of settlement rural settlements. Culture: the way of life" of a group of people. Cultural groups adapt ( cultural adaptation) to their local environment in different ways e. g. language (new forms of language, accents) Where are how they live their lives (settlement) Many forms of settlement: rural and urban. Many different forms of rural and urban settlement. Urban and rural settlements are usually defined in relation to one another; whatever is not urban, is rural (and vice versa) Urban: built up", large population, densely settled (will define more precisely next class) Canadian (& american) pioneer experience (free land given by canadian government to invite immigrants) Geometric vs. irregular patterns (land were divided by straight lines etc. by government to distribute properly) Dispersed rural settlement patterns => field patterns (long field patterns) Planned vs. organic development (strategic location which becomes a logical cluster point, over time becomes clustered)