- urbanization as a global phenomenon:
Sample topics:
- global urbanization trends and case studies in recent decades
- transnationalism and the interconnectedness of urban centres
- historic settlement patterns in urban centres:
Sample topics:
- historical trends:
- urbanization
- rural-urban migration
- suburbanization
- gentrification
- urban geography models of land use:
- concentric zone model
- Hoyt model
- multiple nuclei model
- urban realms model
- types of urban land use:
- residential
- transportation
- institutional
- recreational
- commercial
- industrial
- local and regional governance in B.C. and relationships with other levels of government:
Sample topics:
- how cities operate within a network of regional, national, and global urban systems:
- sharing of services
- funding models
- elections
- Federation of Canadian Municipalities,
- Union of BC Municipalities
- relationships with Treaty First Nations, Bands, and Métis Nation British Columbia