GEOG 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Richard Florida, Sustainable Transport, Human Geography

• School: Brock University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 1F90
• Professor: Chris Fullerton

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Part a (10 marks) definitions (20-25 mins: complete five of ten @ 2 marks each. Part b (30 marks) short answer (35-45 mins: complete three of six @ 10 marks each, sentence form. Urban/transportation geography (chapters 10 & 12: definitions: urban geography, transportation geography, evolution of urban transportation and urban form, automobile dependence: meaning, characteristics and consequences, retail patterns: big-box stores and power centers, smart growth, new urbanism, sustainable transportation. Shrinking: exurbanization characteristics, reasons, rural touris(cid:373) (cid:373)arketi(cid:374)g, pro"s a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:374)"s, agriculture in canada, aboriginal communities, related seminar and paper, (cid:862)gro(cid:449)th ma(cid:374)age(cid:373)e(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d o(cid:374)tario"s gree(cid:374)(cid:271)elt(cid:863) Lifesavers case study: factors affecting location decision, changes associated with economic development, aboriginal communities (but know definition, smart growth principles (but know definition, sustainable transportation, reasons for international differences (transportation, agricultural communities (cid:862)ne(cid:449) visio(cid:374) for ur(cid:271)a(cid:374) tra(cid:374)sportatio(cid:374)(cid:863) Tips and suggestions: questions drawn primarily from lecture notes and seminar discussions, reviewing assigned readings and notes from films will help you to provide examples.