Geography 2010A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Opioid Epidemic, Western Alienation In Canada, Affordable Housing
2 Oct 2018
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List issues currently facing canada: agricultural issues, affordable housing in urban areas, potential for quebec separation, refugees and immigration, opioid epidemic, aging population, conflict with first nations people, legalization of marijuana, nafta renegotiation agreement, arctic sovereignty, western alienation. Region: a distinctive are of earth"s surface. Approaches to identifying regions: provincially defined region = choose an are of provinces, describe the are, analyze the economy, study the demographics, classify the land into chunks that have similar characteristics. It is named after a characteristic where all locations in the region have similarities in that particular characteristic. Functional region: there are interactions among different areas within the region, ex transportation network, major roads and highways in manitoba tend to branch out from winnipeg. Cultural region: these areas are based on a sense of belonging, there is a bond between people and region, ex. Centralist faultline: people in other regions have perceived the federal government as favoring.
