Geography 2010A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cultural Area, Territorial Claims In The Arctic, Urban Sprawl

• School: Western University
• Department: Geography
• Course: Geography 2010A/B
• Professor: Mark Moscicki

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Living and working in a common space inevitably leads to the formation of a regional identity. This is the p(cid:396)odu(cid:272)t of a (cid:396)egio(cid:374)(cid:859)s physi(cid:272)al geog(cid:396)aphy, histo(cid:396)i(cid:272)al eve(cid:374)ts, a(cid:374)d e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) situatio(cid:374). People place their imprint on landscapes just as landscapes influence their lives and activities. Regionalism: the division of a large area into different parts. Some countries are more prone to regionalism than others. Vast geographic size and varied physical geography. The british north america act (1867) gave considerable power to the provinces* Region: a disti(cid:374)(cid:272)tive a(cid:396)ea of ea(cid:396)th(cid:859)s su(cid:396)fa(cid:272)e. it has disti(cid:374)guishi(cid:374)g hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) o(cid:396) (cid:374)atu(cid:396)al (cid:272)ha(cid:396)a(cid:272)te(cid:396)isti(cid:272)s that set it apa(cid:396)t f(cid:396)o(cid:373) othe(cid:396) areas. The boundaries of regions are related to faultlines. These are not physical fault lines; instead, they are differences between two different areas whether it be geographical, cultural, etc. Choose an area of provinces (e. g atlantic canada). Describe the area, analyze the economy, study the demographics, understand the physical geography.