NORTH AMERICA(CHAPTER 3)

DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS

(US & CANADA) ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHRISTIAN FAITHS EUROPEAN NORMS

GOVERNMENT, ARCHITECTURE, DIET, ARTS HIGHLY URBANIZED MOBILE POPULATIONS HIGH INCOMES FEDERAL STATES

PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS

CLIMATE PATTERNS

1820 1840 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980

THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE: 1820-1980THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE: 1820-1980

BritishIsles

GermanyScandinavia

South/EastEurope

Latin AmericaAsia

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Push Factors Pull Factors+1840s: Irish Potato Famine +Economic Opportunity+1850-1920: Overpopulation, War +Political/Religious Freedom+Recent: Overpopulation, War, Oppression +Land Availability

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ETHNIC PATTERNS

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

CONCERNED WITH THE SPATIAL ASPECTS OF CITIES AND URBAN SYSTEMS

MAJOR THEMES HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF CITIES PLANNING AND POLICY-MAKING

URBAN SPATIAL CHANGE:Single-centered urban structure of the past is transformed into a multicentered model in which several outlying activity concentrations rival the Central Business District (CBD)

URBAN GEOGRAPHY

COMPONENTS OF THE SPATIAL ECONOMY

ACTIVITIES OR SECTORS Primary (Extractive Activities) Secondary (Manufacturing) Tertiary (Services) Quaternary (Information) Quinary (Management)

INDUSTRIAL LOCATION FACTORS

Location of raw materials Labor availability Energy availability Location of markets Transportation

NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURINGNORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING

POSTINDUSTRIAL COMMUNICATIONS

FUELFUELRESOURCESRESOURCES

AGRICULTURE IN THE U.S.AGRICULTURE IN THE U.S.

DetroitMontreal

Quebec City

Toronto

Windsor

“MAIN STREET CLUSTER” IN CANADA

See next slide

CCAANNAADDAA

Canada achieves 79% urbanization, like the U.S.

Pick one of these 9 and discuss in detail, for test: NORTH AMERICAN CORE MARITIME NORTHEAST FRENCH CANADA CONTINENTAL INTERIOR SOUTH SOUTHWEST WESTERN FRONTIER NORTHERN FRONTIER PACIFIC HINGE

REGIONS OF THE REALM

REGIONSOF THEREALM

NORTH AMERICAN CORE SYNONYMOUS WITH THE MANUFACTURING BELT CONTAINS LARGEST CITY AND CAPITAL OF BOTH

COUNTRIES EXTENSIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS AND

FACILITIES GROWING IMPACT OF POSTINDUSTRIAL

DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION

MARITIME NORTHEAST UPPER NEW ENGLAND AND THE

ATLANTIC PROVINCES ECONOMIC FOCUS

PRIMARY ACTIVITIES RECREATION TOURISM

FRENCH CANADA THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF QUEBEC

AND NEIGHBORING ACADIA LONG LOT LAND DIVISION SYSTEM IMPACT OF QUEBEC’S SEPARATIST

MOVEMENT MONTREAL

FRANCOPHONE QUEBECFRANCOPHONE QUEBEC

CONTINENTAL INTERIOR CENTER OF CONTERMINOUS U.S. AND

SOUTHERN CANADA TREMENDOUS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY CORN AND WHEAT BELTS; SOYBEANS URBAN CENTERS

KANSAS CITY MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL WINNIPEG OMAHA DENVER

SOUTH SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE REALM MOST DYNAMIC REGION IN TERMS OF CHANGE CONTINUING ECONOMIC PROBLEMS POVERTY AND INCOME DISPARITY CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS

SOUTHWEST US-MEXICAN BORDERLAND – a lot of

cross-migration to work A TRICULTURAL REGION

E. J. PALKA

WESTERN FRONTIER REALM’S NEWEST REGION POPULATION INFLUX THE LAS VEGAS BOOM OTHER METROPOLISES

DENVER SALT LAKE CITY

NORTHERN FRONTIER NORTH OF 52°N LATITUDE NORTH AMERICA’S LARGEST REGION FRONTIER STATUS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

PACIFIC HINGE PACIFIC COASTLANDS OF

THE CONTERMINOUS U.S. AND SW CANADA

LEGACY OF 20TH CENTURY CONTINUOUS GROWTH

BALANCE BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT

NATURAL HAZARDS