Unit 5
Watching Canada: Urban, Rural, and Future
Part 2: Changing Imprints on the Landscape
Canada’s Booming Urban Centres
- Job Futures
Learn about urban planners, architects, and land surveyors.
- Alberta Occupational Profiles: Urban Regional and Park Planners
Pursue a career in urban planning.
- Environmental Studies Careers
Research more careers concerned with the environment.
Page 218: Career Classified
Are you interested in pursuing a career that involves designing and building cities? Click on a links above to learn more about what it takes to become an urban planner, architect, civil engineer, landscape architect, or environmental planner.
Part 3: Making Cities Great Places to Live
The Future of Cities
- Calculating my Ecological Footprint
Calculate your ecological footprint.
- Zerofootprint: Kid's Calculator
Calculate your ecological footprint.
- EcoKids: Waste Quiz
Complete the 3Rs Survey.
Page 232: Ecological Footprints
Follow the links to calculate the ecological footprint left by yourself, your household, or your school.
- Canada’s Best Places to Live
Where does your city rank among others in Canada?
- Temperature and Precipitation in Historical Perspective
What are the climate trends in your region?
- The Vancouver Sun: Vancouver 3rd Best Place to Live in the World
Find out why Vancouver was voted third best place to live in 2006.
Page 235: Research Canada’s Communities
Find out more about Canada’s cities and towns, including your local weather reports and how climate trends affect your community’s ranking in Canada.