Geography 2010A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Staples Thesis, Canadian Prairies, Sedimentary Rock
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A sense of place involves a psychological bond between people and their location. These stem from the physical landscape of the area, human activities, and institutional bodies. It recognizes that collective experiences have led to shared aspirations, concerns, goals, and values. Strong senses of place in canada are particularly evident in atlantic canada and the. Prairies: e. g. , atlantic canada: hard climate, rain, cold temperature. Western canada (prairie provinces: manitoba, saskatchewan, and alberta. Why have these areas been defined as regions: they are manageable sections, they are identifiable by a set of physical features, b. c. : mountains; prairies: grasslands: breakdown is on a provincial basis (this makes it easy to study statistic and census data), these regions are commonly used by the media. Ontario and quebec: 62% of the population. Gdp (gross domestic product): measure of the economy of a region (goods and services: canadian economy is heavily reliant on the ontario economy.