Are major canadian city-regions monocentric, polycentric, or dispersed?

Sweet, Matthias N.; Bullivant, Bronson; Kanaroglou, Pavlos

doi:10.1080/02723638.2016.1200279

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“…It could be considered that this high percentage is a reflection of the extremely low visible minority population in this CMA in 1996 and the evolving relationship between Barrie and Toronto that was discussed earlier in this paper (Everitt & Gill, 1993;Sweet et al, 2016). Both Barrie and Oshawa have presented trends that reflect the general patterns of settlement in the large urban centre and it has been suggested that these regions may have become part of a greater 'dispersed city' (Everitt & Gill, 1993, p. 254).…”

Section: Change In Visible Minority Populations: Significant Outliersmentioning

confidence: 75%

“…Lusis and Bauder (2008) discovered in their research on Filipino immigrants in smaller cities in Ontario that some newcomers purposely avoid developing a reliance on the settlement services or co-ethnic communities in Toronto despite their relative proximity and the efficient transportation linkages in southern Ontario (Sweet, Bullivant, & Kangaroglou, 2016). However, improvements to transportation systems linking smaller cities with larger urban centres has been connected to the development of 'dispersed cities' as the economies of these smaller regions become linked with that of the larger urban centre (Everitt & Gill, 1993, p. 254;Sweet et al, 2016).…”

Section: Presence Of Institutions Of Higher Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As Toronto's city limits stretch further, it is possible that Barrie is becoming part of its 'dispersed city' with a reliance on the agglomeration economy in the urban centre (Everitt & Gill, 1993). The position of Barrie within Ontario's transportation system, connected to Toronto via a major freeway, enhances its ability to develop an economic relationship with the larger city (Sweet et al, 2016). This integral connection indicates that new immigrants seeking proximity to the gateway city, but also affordable housing may chose Barrie as an alternative in a similar way that immigrant settlement patterns have shifted to the peripheries of large cities into the suburbs (Bunting & Filion, 1999;Evenden & Walker, 1993).…”

Section: Iiia Top Countries Of Birth From 2010 To 2015mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Both Barrie and Oshawa have presented trends that reflect the general patterns of settlement in the large urban centre and it has been suggested that these regions may have become part of a greater 'dispersed city' (Everitt & Gill, 1993, p. 254). The development of significant transportation infrastructure, through rapid public transportation and freeways, has served to further connect the economies of these regions (Sweet et al, 2016). It is possible that these regions are becoming the new periphery and will experience greater settlement in the future due to the costs of living within the city centre (Everden & Walker, 1993), however, further research is needed to support this trend.…”

Section: Change In Visible Minority Populations: Significant Outliersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Regionalization of Immigrant Settlement in Ontario : Exploring Experiences of Small and Medium Sized Reception Centres

Goodbrand¹

2023

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This paper explores the regionalization of immigrant settlement in Canada’s smaller cities which has not been sufficiently addressed in Canada’s largest province, Ontario. The paper investigates this through a comprehensive review of the existing Canadian literature and research into the changing volume of immigrant settlement and the social geography of Ontario’s smaller cities from 1996 to 2015. This research is conducted through the development of a categorization system which orders Ontario’s CMAs into tiers based on total immigrant population. Two tiers are then compared to reveal any general trends or anomalies which could contribute to the understanding of regionalization in Ontario. A lack of evidence for significant regionalization was found, however, growth in the visible minority populations of some CMAs suggested the development of new international migration pathways. The findings of this paper reaffirm the need for further research in immigrant settlement in smaller Canadian cities.

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Section: Change In Visible Minority Populations: Significant Outliersmentioning

confidence: 75%

Section: Presence Of Institutions Of Higher Educationmentioning

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Section: Iiia Top Countries Of Birth From 2010 To 2015mentioning

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Section: Change In Visible Minority Populations: Significant Outliersmentioning

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Regionalization of Immigrant Settlement in Ontario : Exploring Experiences of Small and Medium Sized Reception Centres

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2023

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“…Polycentric cities have emerged in many mega cities since the middle of 20th century due to employment dispersion (Meyer and Gómez-Ibáñez, 1981). Theories and models have been developed to analyze polycentric urban growth based on the concept of the polycentric city (Muller, 1981;Garreau, 1991;Veneri, 2010;Sweet et al, 2016).…”

Section: Urban Land Use Theorymentioning

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Exploring the differential impacts of urban transit system on the spatial distribution of local and floating population in Beijing

Zhao

Liu

2017

J. Geogr. Sci.

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The floating population has become the main driver of urban population excessive growth in China's mega cities. Urban transit system (UTS) is a significant factor in population spatial distributions within urban areas, especially rapid and high-capacity transit systems. This paper analyzes the causal effects of the extension of expressways and subways between 2000 and 2010 in the Beijing Metropolitan Area (BMA), focusing on the group differences between the local residents and the floating population. Due to the endogeneity of transportation improvements and population growth, Instrumental Variable (IV) regression model is applied to avoid this problem. The results show the local residents increased in the inner suburbs but decreased in the city center, while the floating population increased in the majority areas. IV regression results show that the extension of urban transit systems had statistically significant impacts on population growth across the BMA. The results also show that the extension of urban subway system had more effects on the floating population than the local residents across the BMA. It is mainly caused by the rather low fare of urban subway system. This implies that the excessive subsidy on urban subway system could result in excessive floating population growth and residential differentiation, even residential segregation. Hence, it is necessary to plan and design reasonable and scientific urban transit systems in order to advance reasonable population size and promote residential integration. Moreover, the regional analysis shows that the effects of urban transportation improvements on the local residents are not statistically significant in the inner suburbs. It implies that urban transportation improvements had limited effects on inducing people to move to suburban areas and controlling center city's population in Beijing. Therefore, it should be stressed the differentiated effects of urban transportation improvements on population distribution in the process of urban planning and population control.

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