REGIONS AND THEMES(CHAPTER 1)

REGION

DEFINITION PURPOSE / UTILITY TYPES

UNIFORM OR FORMAL - EXAMPLES? NODAL OR FUNCTIONAL - EXAMPLES?

CORE AREA REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY REALMS VS REGIONS

BASIC THEMES

URBANIZATION INDUSTRIALIZATION HIGH MOBILITY RESOURCE ABUNDANCE & DEPENDENCE HIGH INCOME AND CONSUMPTION POLITICAL COMPLEXITY VARIETY OF CULTURAL ORIGINS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

URBANIZATION “URBANIZATION”-THE TERM

A PROCESS A DESCRIPTIVE TERM

CANADA 79% URBANIZED 1/3 OF ITS TOTAL POPULATION IN TORONTO,

MONTREAL & VANCOUVER UNITED STATES

75% URBANIZED 1/4 IN MEGALOPOLIS

WHY DO CITIES EXIST? GENERAL FUNCTIONS SPECIALIZED ROLES

INDUSTRIALIZATION

GENERAL PATTERN SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY

PRIMARY SECONDARY TERTIARY QUATERNARY

POST INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY BASIC VS NON-BASIC EMPLOYMENT

HIGH MOBILITY

20% OF THE US POPULATION MOVES YEARLY

MIGRATION CLASSIFICATIONS

INTERNAL VS EXTERNAL VOLUNTARY VS FORCED

EXPLANATIONS PULL FACTORS VS PUSH FACTORS

RESOURCE ABUNDANCE/DEPENDENCE MORE THAN 1/2 OF THE WORLD’S FOOD

EXPORTS ORIGINATE IN THE US OR CANADA TREMENDOUS AGRICULTURAL

PRODUCTIVITY SUITABLE CLIMATE ARABLE LAND TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT CAPITAL

DIVERSITY OF FOSSIL FUELS, ORES, METALLIC MINERALS, TIMBER

HIGH INCOME AND CONSUMPTION ANNUAL PER CAPITA INCOMES RANK

AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE WORLD DISPOSABLE INCOMES GENERATE

DEMANDS, ENSURE MASSIVE CONSUMPTION, AND PROPEL THE ECONOMIES

RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS ARE UBIQUITOUS US & CANADA CONSUME 28% OF THE

WORLD’S OIL IMPLICATIONS OF HIGH CONSUMPTION IN A

FINITE ENVIRONMENT? PRESENCE OF POVERTY

POLITICAL COMPLEXITY UNITED STATES

FEDERAL STATE 50 POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS CONGRESS DIVIDED INTO 2 HOUSES

CANADA FEDERAL STATE 13 POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT FORMAL EXECUTIVE = HEAD OF STATE = QUEEN OF

CANADA / GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA POLITICAL EXECUTIVE = HEAD OF GOVERNMENT =

PRIME MINISTER

CULTURAL ORIGINS UNITED STATES

NATIVE AMERICANS EUROPEAN AFRICAN EAST ASIAN LATIN AMERICAN

CANADA EUROPEAN- SPLIT ALONG BRITISH

& FRENCH TRADITIONS NATIVE AMERICAN

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS MOST THEMES PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED

HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO IMPACT THE ENVIRONMENT IN A NEGATIVE FASHION. URBANIZATION INDUSTRIALIZATION HIGH MOBILITY RESOURCE ABUNDANCE & DEPENDENCE HIGH INCOME AND CONSUMPTION

WHAT IS THE MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION?

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