URBAN SETTLEMENT URBAN SETTLEMENT PATTERNSPATTERNS

Unit 3: CGC1D

Definition: Urban AreasDefinition: Urban Areas

more than 1000 people living together in a city or town

nearly 80% of Canadians live in urban areas

Definition: City Definition: City group of more than 10 000 people can be considered a city in Canada

Definition: Metropolitan Definition: Metropolitan AreaArea

a large city (>100 000 people) and the attached urban areas not directly part of the city

How do cities start?How do cities start?

as transportation “stop” areas. ◦ Example: Montreal is at the junction of the St.

Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers as a central place for providing markets and

services for the surrounding area◦ Example: Regina, SK

as a special function city built around a specific industry◦ Example: Sudbury is a mining city

Some cities grow so large they incorporate all of the above and become multipurpose cities.◦ Example: Toronto

Where do cities form?Where do cities form?

On transport routes (water is most important)

Reasonably flat landClose to some form of industry

(mining, forestry)

How do we divide land in How do we divide land in cities?cities?There are 6 major land uses in cities. 1. Residential – single unit, row housing, apartments 2. Commercial – stores, malls, offices, banks,

restaurants, cinemas 3. Industrial – factories, warehouses, manufacturing 4. Transportation – roads, parking lots 5. Recreational – parks, bikepaths, beaches, museums 6. Institutional – schools, churches, courts, police and

fire stations, government