GGR100H1 Chapter Notes -Deindustrialization, Coastal Erosion, Brownfield Land
Document Summary
World has become increasingly urban, major demographic and social shifts, consequences for environmental quality. Urbanization occurring rapidly, of growth occurs in urban areas of developing countries. Cities considered better place to live in compared to rural, due to job, water, electricity, sanitary services, housings, schools, health services, etc. 2nd trend cities continued to grow larger, now even more than 13 cities with population more than 1 million and 35 more than 5 million. Major shift in geography in 1950"s north american cities larger now asian, south. 3rd trend creation of giant urban regions and megacities, are now new building blocks of both national and global economies, control and command functions, heavy concentration of producer services like banking, advertising, business, multinational corporation offices, etc. Rise of megacities with more than 10 million pop. Megapolis washington responsible for 20% gdp, continues to remain significant center for nation"s population. Megalopolis is one giant waste-generating, waste-disposal region.
