GGR124H1 Lecture Notes - Jerusalem In Christianity, System On A Chip, Land Values
27 Apr 2014
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A set of geographically bounded cities that share a number of common attributes that interact with each other to a more significant extant than cities outside the system : no cities can grow in a vacuum. Its cheaper for firms to locate in toronto b. c they pay less property tax cities: dependency, competition, transportation. 2 types of urban systems: geographic scale, international/global, functional, production based, consumer oriented, specialized service. Linkages between t. o, nyc, london- b. c of finances. Toronto and ottawa b. c of government funding. Less funding between ottawa and quebec b. c of arguing: nation, regional. National urban system ii: settlement patterns often reflect different urban functions, linear pattern. Urban taking place from one natural recourse to another. Cities evolving in linear patterns: role of great lakes as a transportation linkage, clustered. Main town in the middle, lower orders scattered around one. Bigger roads link bigger centers, same thing with small centers.
