SA 100W Chapter 6-7: Week 2 Reading
21 Sep 2015
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Canada (can): one of the largest land surfaces but small population: like australia (aus, us/china close to can in land size. Can: most people in the gold triangle and rest in southern can: gold triangle: southern ontario and southern quebec, like southeast aus. Aus vs. can: similar in structure and dynamics in regional relations. Northern territory similar to can northwest territory. Can suffers from poor soil; aus suffers from aridity and tropical rains. Both countries depends on hinterland resources to sustain economy: large no. of aboriginals, lots of uninhabited land, can and aus: economic develop created little gap b/w rural and urban people. Southeast aus and golden triangle = dominant urban-economic roles. European settlement attracted others to migrate east to west: immigrants, internal migrate, white rural population, southern black people, big rural-urban shift, due to farming tech. innovations, toronto and montreal experiences same phenomenon.
