Geography 2010A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sea Level Rise, Arctic Ocean, Urban Sprawl
15 Jan 2019
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List some issues currently facing canada: minimum wage increase, global warming/climate change. Sea level rise: deforestation, water pollution, air quality, natural disasters way more currently, homeless deaths. Immigration: price of oil (big issue for the west also an issue here because our economy depends on the oil industry, high unemployment rates in the west because of falling oil prices, marijuana legislation, aging infrastructure. There are disputes between the provinces for how much they each get: energy demands. Inaccessibility of the north the only way to get there is by airplane or by ship during the summer: what do you do consider to be your region, ontario/southwestern ontario. List a few issues facing your region: minimum wage increase, manufacturing industry there are 2 ontarios gta and the rest of ontario. Living and working in a common space inevitably leads to the formation of a regional identity: this is the product of a region"s physical geography, historical events, and economic situation.
