Topic #4

  1. Notes

  • census connected homegentiy

  • Census tract a small, relatively permanent geographic region designed by national statistical agencies (like Statistics Canada or the U.S. Census Bureau) to collect and present local population data

  • homogeneous areas formal region or uniform region—is a geographic zone marked by a high degree of consistency in one or more physical, cultural, economic, or political characteristics

  • suburbanization only stated taking place in the 1950s



  1. Key questions

  • patterns displayed by physical structure of cities

  • Processes that creates and reshape the urban fabric

  • Socio economic structures of city structure

  • Differences in quality of life