GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Wendell Cox, Greater Toronto Area, Industrial Revolution
22 Nov 2017
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Urban area: a densely populated community where most inhabitants have non- agricultural jobs. Nucleated settlements: a form of settlement with a distinct enter i. e. hamlets, villages, cities, and suburbs. Metropolitan areas: comprising two or more functionally connected urban areas, and the less populated areas between. Urban growth: an increase in the absolute size of an urban area, as measured by the number of people. *increase in size of a community based on population solely* Urbanization: the transformation of a society from rural to urban status, as measured by an increasing proportion of population living in urban areas. Proportion that live in city, i. e. % that live in city. Question on nal exam to differentiate between urban growth and urbanization*** Proportion of the population living in urban areas: you can see this in a global scale, national level, regional, local, etc. C1800 (prior to industrial revolution) 3% of the world was urbanized vs. 10% in the.
