Transcript GEOG 2P03 Urban Geography LIBRARY RESEARCH TIPS …

GEOG 2P03
Urban Geography
LIBRARY RESEARCH
TIPS
Colleen Beard
Map Librarian
[email protected]
Ian Gordon
Science Librarian
[email protected]
Agenda:
COLLEEN:
• Maps as a resource for assignment
• How to find resources
• 2P03 orientation sessions
IAN:
• Geography web pages
• Searching the library catalogue
• Searching journal databases
Maps and your
assignment
• Urban issues are associated with a
geographical area within the city
– Downtown area
– Ethnic populations
– Affluent housing
– Low income families
Average income per census tract in Toronto
Census tract
Average Income
Census maps show population clusters
Statistical table of Toronto’s rich people
Comparing two census variables
Housing, inner city, downtown issues
Use of air photos for land use
Gender issues
Ethnic issues
Gentrification issue
The process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middleclass or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces earlier
usually poorer residents.
Where to find census
maps…
Statistics Canada web site
Map Library web page
http://www.brocku.ca/library/
Urban Futures
Port Dalhousie:
Smart growth controversial issue
Port Mansion
Port Place proposal
My Cottage
Google Maps!
• Source of aerial imagery
• Interactive map site > create
custom maps
Official city plans
City documents and studies
Atlases
Waterfront land use
City street maps
URBAN GEOGRAPHY BUZZ TERMS:
Road diet
Smart cities
Greenfields
Green belt
Green ways
Brownfields
Gentrification
Smart Growth
Urban infilling
Waterfront
rejuvination
Recap
1. Census maps as sources of information
and how to access from the web
2. Other map sources: air photos; street
maps; OP’s; city documents
3. 2P03 Subject Guide
4. How to reference
MAP LIBRARY Orientation
sessions
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22
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER
@ 2:00 Mon – Thurs.
• Monday 22nd
• Tuesday 23rd
• Wednesday 24th
• Thursday 25th
@2:00 pm
MACKENZIE CHOWN C306
(across from Geography Dept.)
Colleen Beard
Map & Geography
Librarian
[email protected]