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?

REGIONS AND THEMES (CHAPTER 1)