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Urban and Rural Settlements
What Am I? Rural or Urban?
What Am I? Rural or Urban?
Definition: Rural
Settlement of areas outside cities and towns where population density is low. Economic activities are farming, mining, forestry…
List some rural regions/places in Canada
Prairies, Arctic, Canadian Shield
Flamborough Niagara on the Lake Northern BC, Woodstock Burlington – north of
Hwy 5
Definition: Urban
Settlement of areas inside towns and cities greater than 1000. Population density is high. Economic activities are manufacturing, banking, government services, retail…
What are the 4 largest cities in Canada?
4 Ottawa-Gatineau – 1 million3 Vancouver - 1.8 million2 Montreal - 3.3 million1 Toronto - 4.4 million
What Am I? Rural or Urban?
URBAN RURAL
SUBURBAN
FRINGE
What Am I? Rural or Urban?
Sub Urban Areas that are mostly urban but have some rural characteristics (ex. Burlington).
Fringe Areas that are mostly rural but have some urban characteristics.
What Am I? Rural or Urban?
Urban = city + high population
Rural = towns + low population
Positives/Negatives of Urban living
Positives– Jobs– Entertainment– Services– Access
Negatives– Crime– Poverty– Crowded– Pollution– Traffic– Expensive
Positives + Negatives of Rural living
Positives– Clean air– Nature– Low rent– Grow own food
Negatives– Isolation– Low wages– Hard work– Lack of services
Urbanization
The process from which an area changes from being rural to urban
Urban and Rural Interactions
There has been significant movement of people in Canada between urban and rural areas over time.
In most cases, people in rural areas live in a hamlet, village, or town. People in urban areas live in a suburb, city, or metropolis.
These different types of places to live are known as the urban hierarchy (each one is a larger settlement going up the line than the one before it).
Urbanization
Urbanization is the movement of people UP the urban hierarchy. This has been the main migration pattern of Canadians since the creation of our country.
Urban Hierarchy
hamlet village town suburb city metropolis
RURAL URBAN
What areas in Burlington are experiencing this:
Orchard Millcroft Tansley woods Appleby line area North of Dundas
Canada's Urbanization over time
0
20
40
60
80
100
1867 1931 1975 2005
urban
rural
Counter-Urbanization
Counter-urbanization is the movement of people DOWN the urban hierarchy (metropolis→ hamlet).
While our cities are still getting larger, some people are choosing to move away from cities.
Why do you think people are choosing to move away from cities?
Urban Hierarchy
hamlet village town suburb city metropolis
RURAL URBAN
Counter-Urbanization
Why are people leaving the cities to live in smaller towns and villages?
Counter - Urbanization
NetMigration
Rate
City Size
– health issues, security, “community”
– “back to nature” movement (desire to live in the country)
– increase in telecommuting (less need to be at an office)
– cheaper land and house prices
Trend- Increasing Urbanization
In 2005 80% of Canadians live in urban areas.
20% live in rural areas. In the future more will come to live in the
cities meaning cities will become larger, taking up more space.
Reasons for growing Urbanization
Jobs, opportunity. Services. School/Universities. Higher Standard of living. Mechanization of
agriculture (Machines are taking the jobs Humans use to do).
Problems/ Issues of Urbanization
Loss of rural areas means loss of…– Farmland– Nature/beauty– Heritage/way of life– Recreation– And more environmental
damage/pollutionmore cars, roads, factories, less trees…
More cars = more pollution
Climate Change due to green house gasses
Urban Sprawl
Low density developments surrounding a city taking up much farmland and open space. Relies heavily on automobiles
YOUR OPINION:
Suppose you are a doctor in Canada who has just graduated. Would you move to a
rural area to practise medicine?
Explain your answer.