GGRB05H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Walter Christaller, List Of Census Metropolitan Areas And Agglomerations In Canada, Central Place Theory
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Toronto community foundation: toronto"s vital signs (full report) 2 approaches to urban geography: study of systems of cities, the study of city as a system. Cities are not independent, therefore its more useful to examine system of cities . Cities are not stagnant, it is continuously changing, so are the urban patterns. 3 factors change urban patterns: urban growth. Proportion of total population increasing in urban area: urbanism. The social properties and characteristics of living within an urban area. The rapid urbanization we are witnessing over the past 125 years is unique. Urbanization spread around the world during the 20th century. In 1950, africa, middle east, and asia were mostly rural. More developed regions (mdrs) urbanization has slowed. Less developed regions (ldrs) urbanization is expected to continue for decades. Dubai, was once a desert, but has urbanized into an urban centre. 19 megacities today, predicted to be 27 by 2025. Metacities = conurbations of population > 20 million.