geog 2p03 urban geography library research tips colleen beard map librarian [email protected] ian...
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GEOG 2P03Urban Geography
LIBRARY RESEARCH TIPS
Colleen BeardMap [email protected]
Ian GordonScience Librarian
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
Average Income
Census tract
Statistical table of Toronto’s rich people
Census maps show population clusters
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 middle-class 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/
Port Dalhousie: Smart growth controversial issue
My Cottage
Urban Futures
Port MansionPort Place proposal
Google Maps!
• Source of aerial imagery
• Interactive map site > create custom maps
City documents and studies
Official city plans
Atlases
City street maps
Waterfront land use
Smart Growth
Gentrification
Road diet
Urban infilling
Brownfields
Greenfields
Waterfront
rejuvination
Green beltGreen
ways
Smart cities
URBAN GEOGRAPHY BUZZ TERMS:
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
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 22th
@ 2:00 Mon – Thurs.• Monday 22nd• Tuesday 23rd
• Wednesday 24th @2:00 pm
• Thursday 25th
MACKENZIE CHOWN C306(across from Geography Dept.)
Colleen BeardMap & Geography
Librarian [email protected]