ResidentialCommunities often include different types of residential land use. They can range from detached houses on big estate lots to linked homes or high-rise apartments. Apartment buildings are often located along major streets with good access to stores and public transportation. What types of residential land use are found near your home?
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TransportationStreets, highways, and parking lots cover nearly one-third of the space in a typical North American city. People and products continually flow along transportation systems. Highways, railways, and water routes carry raw materials and finished products between manufacturers and customers. What the main transportation routes near your home?
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InstitutionalThere are many different types of public buildings in a community including schools, hospitals, religious centers, libraries, public arenas, and government offices. Often, the largest institutions are located in or near the downtown area. Many public buildings, such as schools and places of worship, are scattered throughout the community, to better serve the public. What institutional land uses are located near your home?
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Parks and Open SpaceResidential land uses are often close to parks and open spaces. Urban planners also use parkland to screen residential areas from the noise of traffic or industry. Parkland along trails and streams may divide one urban neighbourhood from another. How far is your home from open space?
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IndustrialIndustrial land uses bring business into the community and create jobs. They often cover large areas of land close to important transportation routes. Older industries may be located near the centre of the community, along waterways, or railroads. New clusters of manufacturing and warehousing businesses, called industrial parks, are usually built along major highways on the outer edge of town. Where are the industrial areas in your community?
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CommercialMost places have a central business district located in the middle of the community. Some communities have thriving downtown areas, while others are dying out because of competition from shopping malls and big box stores in the suburbs. Like industrial parks, these commercial areas use up large amounts of land. How far do you live from the nearest large shopping centre?
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People are complex social animals. They can live, work, and play in big crowds, but they need some privacy and quiet too. Are you a person who likes the excitement and commotion of busy places or big events, or would you rather take a quiet walk? Do you prefer living, working and playing in large or small groups? Tgere are some regions of the world with such great numbers of people that you regularly find yourself surrounded by crowds and noise. At the same time, there are regions so empty that you would often be in a small group or even alone.
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Population density is a measure of how many people occupy an area of land. Our classroom has an area of about 100 meters squared. When just one person is in the classroon, the population density of the room is 1 person per 100 meters squared. This is the same as 10 000 people per kilometer squared.
Bangladesh, in Asia, has about 1100 people per kilometer squared, one of the highest densities in the world. Each person in Bangladesh has less space than one small school - just 9 classrooms. The small Asian territory of Macau has an amazing density of 16 205 people per kilometer squared. Each person there has only as much space as about half of our classroom! |
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You might be surprised to learn that a Canadian played a very important part in identifying what people really need (and have a right to). The United Nations (UN) was founded in 1945. The following year, Canadian lawyer John Peters Humphrey formed its Human Rights Division. He worked with a small group of people who drew up a list of basic human rights. The stamp pictured here shows Humphrey in his role as Human Rights Division director, penning final changes to the list. The United Nations adopted his final version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948
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