GEOG 2220 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Edge City, Daniel Hudson, Global City

• School: York University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 2220
• Professor: Allison Bain

Document Summary

Urban systems are impacted by demographic changes, and shifts by cultural priorities and forces of globalization because no city exists in isolation, urban growth in prosperity in independencies. Slow growth cities: cities experiencing slower or declining rates of growth are referred to slow growth cities or declining cities. In canada 85 out of 147 cmas"s (census metropolitan area) and ca"s (census agglomeration) experienced slow growth or decline 2001-2011: slow growth tends to disproportionately negatively impact small and mid sized urban areas. Causes of slow growth: policy shifts: trade liberalization, downloading, urban competition, lack of economic diversification, economic restructuring nd technological change. Immigration patters: influences of slow causes of growth in a system. Core central area controlling all groups, more dominant, e. g toronto the central: higher density, higher pop, diversity (income, ethnicity, accessibility ( transportation goods) Periphery- under/less developed cities or towns: suburban, subsequent space, lower population, more car dependent.