TEST Flashcards
What is a land value
It is highest in areas of the city that are accessible
What is zoning
are laws passed by the government that control the kind and amount of development in an area
What is technology
Reflect technology that existed was developed
Climate
Things built indoors winters cities concept
Urban centres manufacturing cities
small oil fields complex place within cities
Touristic cities
Urban areas that develop a human attraction
Resource based
Rich natural resources
Villages towns cities to develop a resource
Transportation hubs
Cargos transported easily urban places grew because they provide important transpo
Transportation hubs
Cargos transported easily urban places grew because they provide important transpo
Government centres
May provide services to people at a local regional or national level
Urban pros
More available jobs
Emergency services are close
More resources
Rural pros
Live animals
Easier access to food
Less light pollution
Less expensive
Big properties
Rural pros
Live animals
Easier access to food
Less light pollution
Less expensive
Big properties
Cons for urban
Noise pollution
Lots of traffic
Increase in crime rates
Expensive
Cons for rural
Cold
Isolated
Far from resssources
Far from services
Basic industries
Functions that bring money into the community and provide jobs for residents
Basic industries
Functions that bring money into the community and provide jobs for residents
Long lots
All farms need to be near water
Concession system
the action by which an Administration grants individuals or companies the right to use any of their goods or services for a specified period of time
Section of the pratres
Lands divided into blocks
Resources based
Small towns isolated communities built around
Service based
Isolated rural earn a living by providing services to residents and travellers
Population distribution
People spread out in an area
Push factors
Meaning negative things like natural disasters war farm machines property not enough land
Pull factors
Meaning positive reason for a person to come to a new country which are things like better education better health care more jobs more opportunities
Refuges
Not a safe country must prove their life no is at risk victims of natural and human disasters
Economic
Are imprtant to Canada
Factors that discard or stop an immigration
Distances costs immigration requirements
Population growth rate
Look at overall change in a population for a country
Growing too fast
Runs into problems providing housing healthcare and jobs
Declining too fast
May cause shortage of workers or customers to meet the needs of countries economic success
Compounding
The impact of population growth over time
Doubling time
How long the population will double
Population pyramids
Graphs using two sets of horizontal bar graphs
Dependency load
Percent of the population that is not working
Population density
The amount of people that
Live in an area of a specific size
Demographer
Studies pop and trends
Demography
Stidies population
Trends
Trends in population are studied
Trends
Trends in population are studied
Birth rates
Amount of babies born that year
Death rates
Amount of dead that year X1000
Natural increase rate
Where more births than deaths happen in a country and the population grows
Immigrations
When a person moves into a country from their country of origin
Net migration
Helps determine population changes
Emmigration
When a person exits their country of origin for a new country
