SOC205H1 Study Guide - Concentric Zone Model, Land Of Oz
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1 cities that receive immigrants are becoming quite different from those that do not receive immigrants on such a scale. Cities that receive immigrants are growing faster and becoming much more diverse than those that receive relatively few immigrants. 2 immigrants residents to a selective number of canadian cities is that it raises the issue of residential segregation, the spatial clustering of ethnic/racial groups. 3 recent immigration is that it often contributes to the colour and diversity of a city through the creation of ethnic villages. Voluntary segregation: people choose to live in the same area as others with a common culture. Involuntary segregation: people are forced by lack of financial resources or discrimination to live adjacent to others of the same culture group. 1900-1940: immigrants mostly from british isles and northwestern european countries); settle mostly on the prairies or the west. 1940-1950s: over 1. 2 million immigrants arriving (mostly from italy, greece)
