FOR200H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Richard Florida, Natural Capital, Northern Canada
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***there will be a ta here next class to answer questions. Globe and mail richard florida: argued that urban issues haven"t been treated enough in this election, 82% of canadians live in large urban areas. Oil sands represents 2% of canada"s gdp. The infrastructure of our city isn"t meeting the needs of the populous: infrastructure deficit. Government put a lot of money to infrastructure. Way of jolting the economy by investing a lot of money in infrastructure. Reflection of all the sources of light around planet. A lot of the large urban sectors are around water (oceans, river st. Great lakes: *we are using light as a surrogate for urban land use. More lights are concentrated in the northeastern seaboard: very few areas round great lakes and st. lawrence that aren"t developed. Greenbelt: 1. 8 acres of land is restricted from being urbanized: no urban footprint, primarily farmland and some forest.
