Chapter 3.5: Urban Agglomeration Flashcards
1
Q
What caused the rural exodus?
A
More job opportunities in factories in the city
2
Q
How does the gov’t fix the housing shortage in the mid 1900s?
A
Built 400k+ bungalows in Montreal and surrounding areas (suburbs)
3
Q
Why did the gov’t help the middle class buy houses? How?
A
Most city people were renters (67% in Montreal alone)
CMHC, banks able to give out more mortgage loans
4
Q
What was a bedroom community?
A
Suburbs lived in by people working in the city
5
Q
How did the people moving to suburbs help infrastrucutre?
A
More roads, highways, bridges, intersections built. More cars in use since little public transportation. More commercial centres built in suburbs.
6
Q
What causes the increase in urbanization?
A
More immigrants/baby boom
