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What is the definition between rural and urban
- rural= less than 1000 people
- urban= more than 1000 people
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What is a fringe
the transition zone between the two
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What are the 3 types of settlement patterns?
- Dispersed
- Linear
- Concentrated
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Dispersed
normally occurs when the area has a agricultural base, spread out
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Linear
when population forms in a line, like on highways of coasts
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Concentrated
happens when the area is formed around a resource, there is a draw to be closer
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What are the three distinct rural settlement patterns
- Long lots of Southern Quebec
- Concession systems of Southern Ontario
- Section System of the southern praries
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long lots of southern quebec
- Settled before the development of roads and railways
- was a result of transportation by boat
- Every farm had a relatively small frontage because they needed acces to water
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Cocession system of southern prairies
- land was surveyed into blocks
- roads were the major transportation routes
- major settlement of ontario happen after this
- concessions and side roads ran perpendicular from eachother
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what is a group of concession blocks called
a township (greenville)
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what are a group of townships called?
a county (greensville+milgrove=country)
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Section system of southern prairies
- surveyed before major settlement
- The canada us border was used as a boundary line
- land was divide into blocks
- each block into sections
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Settlement is scattered in more_____ parts of Canada
Isolated
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This happened for two main reasons
- Resource- based: forestry, fishing, mining, recreation, agriculture
- Service based: people provide services to people passing through an area (hotels and resturants)
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What are the different kinds of Urban places
- Manufacturin cities
- Transportation Hubs
- Tourists Cities
- Goverement Centres
- Resource- based Community
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What are the four main land uses
- Residential
- Transportation
- Commercial
- Indistrial
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What are the factors that influence residential density
- Value of Land
- Age of Neighboorhood
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What are the 5 main types of commercial land use
- Local service
- Neighboorhood plazas or ribbons
- Community Shopping Centres
- Regional Shopping Malls
- CBD
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