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1
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What is a land value

A

It is highest in areas of the city that are accessible

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2
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What is zoning

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are laws passed by the government that control the kind and amount of development in an area

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3
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What is technology

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Reflect technology that existed was developed

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4
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Climate

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Things built indoors winters cities concept

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5
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Urban centres manufacturing cities

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small oil fields complex place within cities

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6
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Touristic cities

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Urban areas that develop a human attraction

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Resource based

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Rich natural resources
Villages towns cities to develop a resource

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Transportation hubs

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Cargos transported easily urban places grew because they provide important transpo

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Transportation hubs

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Cargos transported easily urban places grew because they provide important transpo

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10
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Government centres

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May provide services to people at a local regional or national level

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11
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Urban pros

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More available jobs
Emergency services are close
More resources

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12
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Rural pros

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Live animals
Easier access to food
Less light pollution
Less expensive
Big properties

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13
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Rural pros

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Live animals
Easier access to food
Less light pollution
Less expensive
Big properties

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14
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Cons for urban

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Noise pollution
Lots of traffic
Increase in crime rates
Expensive

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15
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Cons for rural

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Cold
Isolated
Far from resssources
Far from services

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16
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Basic industries

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Functions that bring money into the community and provide jobs for residents

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17
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Basic industries

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Functions that bring money into the community and provide jobs for residents

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18
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Long lots

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All farms need to be near water

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19
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Concession system

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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

20
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Section of the pratres

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Lands divided into blocks

21
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Resources based

A

Small towns isolated communities built around

22
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Service based

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Isolated rural earn a living by providing services to residents and travellers

23
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Population distribution

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People spread out in an area

24
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Push factors

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Meaning negative things like natural disasters war farm machines property not enough land

25
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Pull factors

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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

26
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Refuges

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Not a safe country must prove their life no is at risk victims of natural and human disasters

27
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Economic

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Are imprtant to Canada

28
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Factors that discard or stop an immigration

A

Distances costs immigration requirements

29
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Population growth rate

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Look at overall change in a population for a country

30
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Growing too fast

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Runs into problems providing housing healthcare and jobs

31
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Declining too fast

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May cause shortage of workers or customers to meet the needs of countries economic success

32
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Compounding

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The impact of population growth over time

33
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Doubling time

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How long the population will double

34
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Population pyramids

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Graphs using two sets of horizontal bar graphs

35
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Dependency load

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Percent of the population that is not working

36
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Population density

A

The amount of people that
Live in an area of a specific size

37
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Demographer

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Studies pop and trends

38
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Demography

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Stidies population

39
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Trends

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Trends in population are studied

40
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Trends

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Trends in population are studied

41
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Birth rates

A

Amount of babies born that year

42
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Death rates

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Amount of dead that year X1000

43
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Natural increase rate

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Where more births than deaths happen in a country and the population grows

44
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Immigrations

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When a person moves into a country from their country of origin

45
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Net migration

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Helps determine population changes

46
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Emmigration

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When a person exits their country of origin for a new country

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