Unit 5: Urban Geography Flashcards
What’s rural ?
Outside towns & cities ( more farmland)
What are the 6 urban land uses?
1) residential land use 2) transportation. 3) commercial land use. 4) institution & public buildings. 5) open space and recreational. 6) industrial land use
What’s the CBD ?
Stands for central business district. This is what’s called “down town”.
What does a CBD include ?
It has a high demand for office space which elevates the land value in CBD. In Canada The CBDs have financial, retail,entertainment & hotel land uses
Urban V.S Rural
Urban ~ higher population, more Buildings, tithes packed communities. Example Mississauga or Toronto.
Rural ~ lower population density, large amount of open space land, more agriculture. Example parts of Milton or Niagara falls on the lake
What’s urban ?
Towns or cites of 1000 or more people
What’s a primary industry ? List the types of industries.
Taking natural resources from the environment to make semi-finished products.
Types of industries: agriculture, mining, forget and fishing
What’s a secondary industry ? List the types of industries.
Industry dealing with the manufacturing of the semi-finished products to finished products.
Types of industries: manufacturing & construction
What’s a tertiary industry ? List the types of industries.
Provides services to businesses & costumes by the products
Types of industry: transportation, communication, finance insurance & personal services
What’s a quantenary industry ? List the types of industries.
Highly specialized & usually expensive knowledge based technological service
Types of industry: doctors, lawyers, politicians,engineered & teachers