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>>> Example: ```Why things are there and why the matter```
>> ```Geographic Perspective```: A geographic way of looking at the world
>>> Example: ``` Geographers think about the ecosystem and the landscape while other people just regard them as mountains or rivers```
>>> Example: ```Geographers think about the ecosystem and the landscape while other people just regard them as mountains or rivers```
# Unit 2: Interactions in the Physical Environment
> ```(Chapters 1-4, pgs 18 - 100)```
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>> |Era|Dates|
>> |:--|:----|
>> |```Precambrian (Earliest Life)```|```4600``` to ```570``` million years ago|
>> |```Paleozoic (Ancient Life)```|```570``` to ```245`` million years ago|
>> |```Paleozoic (Ancient Life)```|```570``` to ```245``` million years ago|
>> |```Mesozoic (Middle Life)```|```245``` to ```66``` million years ago|
>> |```Cenozoic (Recent Life)```|```66``` to ```?``` million years ago|
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>>>|Type|Definition|
>>>|:---|:---------|
>>>|```Intensize```|```Large amounts``` of ```labour, machinery and fertilizers``` used on ```small``` farms. ```High yields``` per hectare|
>>>|```Extensive```|```Small amounts``` of ```labour, machinery, and fertilizers used on ```large``` farms. ```Small yeilds``` per hectare|
>>>|```Extensive```|```Small amounts``` of ```labour, machinery, and fertilizers``` used on ```large``` farms. ```Small yields``` per hectare|
> ## Forestry
>> Problems
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>> **```Immigrant```**: People who moves to one country from another country
>> **```Emmigrant```**: People who leave one country to move to another country
>> **```Total Fertility Rate```**: The ```average``` number of children born to a ```woman``` in a ```lifetime```
>> **```Natural Increase```**: The surplus / deficit of ```births over deaths``` in a population in a given ```time period```
>> **```Natural Increase```**: The surplus / deficit of ```births over deaths``` in a population in a given ```time period```
>> **```Dependency Load```**: The percentage of the population that is ```non-working```. It is conventionally defined as including people ```younger than age 15 and older than age 65```
> ## Population Pyramids
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>> |Job Opportunities for Younger Canadians|- More jobs could open up as large numbers of seniors retire<br>- Jobs that focus on helping seniors like lawn services, senior travel agents and ```optometrists```|
>> |Sorts of Things Canadians Want to Buy|- Clothing for mature tastes and sizes<br>- Health aids (hearing aids, eye-glasses, dentures etc)<br>- Styles of vehicles to suit older buyers|
>> |Solution|Description|
>> |:-------|:----------|
> ## Double Line Graph
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>> Are increasingly moving to ```urban areas```
>> - The land given through treaties and reserves is often of ```poor quality```
>> - Results in a ```lack of jobs```, ```overcrowded housing```, and ```lack of resources```
>> - In Ontario, ```80%``` of FNMI live ```off-reserve``
>> - In Ontario, ```80%``` of FNMI live ```off-reserve```
> ## Scatter-graph
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> ## Terms:
>> **```Liveability```**: All the characteristics of a community that contributes to the quality of life of the people who live there
>> **```Sustainability```**: Improving the quality of human life while living within the carrying capacity of supporting ecosystems
>> **```Sustainability```**: Improving the quality of human life while living within the carrying capacity of supporting ecosystems
>> **```Carry Capacity```**: The ability of the environment to support a population without enviornmental damage
> ## Urban Issues
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>> - Protect wildlife habitats
>> - natural corridors
>> ```**New Urbanism```**: a movement to reform the design of physical communities
>> **```New Urbanism```**: a movement to reform the design of physical communities
>> - Ex. Vancouver
> ## Sustainable Communities