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What is urban? -

Define the following:

Urban –

Rural –

Urbanization -

Urban fringe -

Q. a, b, copy 15.3, 4

a) 3 provinces, highest population 1n 1991

* British Colombia

* Alberta

* Ontario

3 provinces, lowest population in 1991

* P.E.I

* Nova Scotia

* New found land

b) Provinces which become more urbanized in 1971 – 1991

* British Columbia

* Alberta

* Saskatchewan

* Manitoba

* P.E.I

Q.4

Toronto

6,210,654

Montreal

3,761,550

Vancouver

2,506,000

Ottawa-Hull

1,505,740

Edmonton

1,482,610

Site selection -

Q. 10, 12, 13

10 a)

City

Reason (#)

Niagara falls, ON

(6) a location of particular scenic beauty

Halifax, NS

(4) A point where rivers meet is a good place to trade

Calgary, AB

(8) A center position in agricultural region good for service center – gaptown

Thunder bay, ON

(5) goods can be transported

Regina, SK

(8) A center position in agricultural region good for service center – gaptown

Winnipeg, MB

(5) goods can be transported

Sudbury, ON

(3) resource

Vancouver, BC

(7) deep harbors good port

Tomson, MB

(3) resource

Kingston, ON

(9)

Montreal, PQ

(9)

St. John

(3) resource

10 b)Transportation is manipulated by hills because it is hard to go over, too long to go around, the hills.

10 c)The transportation is mainly on the west side of the harbor because there are less hills.

The growth of settlements -

Define the following:

Service-centers -

Low order products -

middle order products –

high order products -

Threshold population -

Q. 16, 17

16)

Product

How Long

Priority

Air plane

2 – 3 years

high order products

Bike

2 – 3 years

Middle order products

Milk

2 – 3 days

Low order products

CD

3 – 4 weeks

Middle order products

Movie

3 – 4 weeks

Middle order products

Dress

1 – 2 month

High order products

Wind surf board

4 – 5 years

High order products

Restaurant

1 a week

Middle order products

News paper

1 a week

Low order products

17) The computer store would sell less than a hardware store because a computer you buy 1 in about 4 -5 years, where as the hardware would sell 1-2 a month.

18)

Community

Population

Numbers of stores

Population per store

A

120,000

6

20,000

B

80,000

5

16,000

C

100,000

4

25,000

D

60,000

4

15,000

E

100,000

5

20,000

F

160,000

5

32,000

Community Distribution -

Define the following:

Service hierarchy -

Zone of influence -

Q. copy 15.14 and 15.15, 25

Metropolitan

Cities

Towns

Villages

fig-15.14

Metropolitan center

over 100,000

City

between 10,000 & 100,00

Town

between 1,000 & 10,000

Village

between 100 & 1,000

Hamlet

less than 100 people

fig-15.15

Q25 a)

Villages

Distance to nearest neighbor(km)

Clare

6

Derrynane

6

Riverstown

5

Kenilworth

4.25

Petherton

4.25

Olivet

4.25

Riverbank

4.25

Gordon ville

5

Rothsay

4.5

Teviotdale

6.25

Cotswold

3.75

Glenlec

2.5

Wagram

6.25

Farewell

3.25

Stoneywood

7.25

Q25 b) the average between all villages are 4.8 km

Q25 c)

Towns

Distance to nearest town (km)

Mount fored

15

Marriston

10

Arthur

23

Palmerston

10

Q25 d) the average between all towns are 14.5 km

Town forming-serving -

Define the following:

Town-forming -

Town-serving -

Q. 26, 28

Q 26)

* Food

* Banks

* Grocery store

* Shopping mall

* Computer store

Q 28)

1. Police officer – town serving

2. School custodian – town forming

3. Oil refinery engineer – town forming

4. Long – distance trucking driver – town forming

5. City hall clerk – town serving

6. Computer chip manufacture – town forming

Core and Periphery-

Q. 34, please refer to map for Q,35

Q.34 the people who live in the core would have a more luxury than the people who live in the periphery because the core is more urbanized then the periphery.

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