GGRA03H3- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 21 pages long!)
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Ggra03: lecture 7 - microbes - cites, micro-flora, and urban public health. Microbial traffic: refers to the movement of pathogens in populations as well as the mechanisms involved in such movement. The movement between other species and humans. The movement from the wilderness or countryside areas to cities. Transport networks and technologies that move things and people between cities. The speed of transport of microbes and humans has changed quite dramatically. The number of people involved in movements between nations and cities of the world has increased dramatically. The networks of travel between cities have also proliferated, goods and people and not coming in solely through ports. A global city: refers to a small number of globally-connected and economically powerful urban center often dominated by service and knowledge based sectors, particularly: Global cities tend to be major centers for global tourism and travel. Global cities are often connected to each other through air travel routes, flows of global professionals.
