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Urban Settlement

Urban Settlement. What does Urban mean?. Urban More than 100 people living together in a city or town City Group of more than 10 000 people can be considered a city Metropolitan Area A large city (>100 000 people) and the attached urban areas not directly part of the city.

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Urban Settlement

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  1. Urban Settlement

  2. What does Urban mean? • Urban • More than 100 people living together in a city or town • City • Group of more than 10 000 people can be considered a city • Metropolitan Area • A large city (>100 000 people) and the attached urban areas not directly part of the city

  3. How do cities start? • There are 3 basic ways that a city starts • Transportation “stop” areas • Central Location • Industry

  4. Transportation “Stop” Area • Example- Montreal- at the junction of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers

  5. Central Location • City develops at a central location that providing market and services for surrounding areas • Ex. Saskatoon & Regina Sask.

  6. Special Function • Cities are also built around a specific industry • Ex. Sudbury is a mining town

  7. Toronto • Some cities grow so large they incorporate all of the factors and become multipurpose cities

  8. Where do Cities Form? • Have you ever wondered why Lindsay is where it is? • Why not 10km east where Downeyville is? • Why did Edmonton grow to be such a large city, so far north?

  9. Why? • There are 3 Main Reasons • On transportation route (water is the most important) • In a time before there were established roads and rail lines, people and goods travelled by water • Reasonably flat • Close to some form of industry (mining, forestry, fishing)

  10. Different Kinds of Urban Places • Some cities depend on one urban function for their economic base • Manufacturing City • Transportation Hub • Tourist City • Government Centre • Resource-based Community

  11. Manufacturing City • These cities began because people starting living near the factories where they could find jobs • Ex. Sarnia- oil based manufacturing centre

  12. Transportation Hub • Cities established and grew because they provided important transportation functions • Ex. Thunder Bay- it’s location allowed for grain and raw materials to be brought from the west by train and loaded onto cargo ships and shipped to Eastern Canada and beyond.

  13. Tourist Cities • Usually develop as a result of a physical or human feature • Ex. Banff • Ex. Niagara Falls

  14. Government Centre • Provide services to people at a local, regional or national level • Ex. Fredricton- founded in 1783 by UAL and was a designated town site for military and government buildings. It eventually became the capitol city to the then British colony

  15. Resource-based Communities • Many communities owe their existence to the presence of a rich natural resource • Ex. Yellowknife- grew primarily because of the discovery of gold

  16. Urban Land Use

  17. Where do you live? • We use our land in different ways, for different things. • Look at the chart to the right… what trends do you see?

  18. What percentage of the land is used for each?

  19. Commercial Land Use • Used for commercial activity- buying and selling of goods and services in retail business • There are 6 different levels of Commercial Land Use • Local Service Centres • Neighbourhood Plazas and Ribbons • Community Shopping Centres • Power Centres • Regional Shopping Centres • Central Business District

  20. Commercial Land Use • After note please complete the Commercial Land use work sheet

  21. Industrial Land Use • Used for things like factories, warehousing and shipping products • Industrial areas tend to be located on the outskirts of town and close to major transportation routes- highways, rail lines, etc.

  22. Institutional and Public Buildings • Include things like schools, hospitals, government offices and places of worship

  23. Recreational Land and Open Space • This includes things like sports fields, parks, playgrounds, golf courses, fair grounds, community centres, arenas and green belts

  24. Residential Land Use • This is where people live • Largest use of land in cities • Residential density refers to the number of housing units per hectare • 2 factors influence this:cost of land and age of neighbourhood • What kind of neighbourhood do you live in

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