GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Planned Community, Urban Sprawl, Population Ageing
20 Dec 2017
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Culture: the way of life" of a group of people. Each cultural group adapts (cultural adaptation) to their local environment in different ways. New languages (or dialects or accents) new religions, new ways of dress, new foods, new traditions, new recreational activities, etc. Among these adaptations is how people live. Where and how they live their lives. Many forms of settlement, e. g. rural and urban. E. g. rural hamlets, towns, cities, mega-cities, etc. Urban and rural settlements are usually defined in relation to one another; whatever is not urban is rural (and vice versa) Urban = built up", large population, densely settled. Hit 50. 50 about decade ago, but now a little less than 50% live in rural parts of the world. Through, significant spatial variation: (africa & asia: ~50%-60% rural) vs. (oceania, europe, north & Urban forms of living are relatively recent: forms of settlement: a window into culture and cultural adaptation. Consider the canadian (& american) pioneer experience.
