GEOG 1410 Lecture : Geo 1410 lecture sept 28.docx

• School: York University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 1410
• Professor: Raju Das

Document Summary

What is the maximum support for a group of species. North america and europe together have same population as africa. Urban transition: cities efficient uses of space where people live in smaller units and share resources, metropolitization, spaces and geographical patterns must also be noted. Population pyramid: age sex pyramid, 3 cohorts 0-15 15-64 (65+, dependency ratio a measure of old people + young people divided by total population, ratios aren"t always exact, we can debate the socially constructed variables. Canada"s changing population: expansionary growing, restrictive inverse triangle a lot of older people, stationary- peak in the middle. Big regional variation: quebec had a big expanding population due to cultural factors revenge of the cradle keep french alive, lowest birth rates in canada government encourages baby bonus", fully funds fertility treatments. Urbanization: canada rapidly urbanizing, toronto calgary vancouver edmonton oshawa 5 fastest growing cities in canada, sudbury kingston saint john thunder bay saguenay slowest growing.