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Economic Change and Inequality in Toronto ((Megazones (Airport Megazone…

- - - - Second largest concentration of employment in Toronto after the Downtown area.
      - Represents almost 300,000 jobs, more than central business districts of Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal.
      - 8% of employment in the GGH with an 8% employee growth rate.
    - - 4% GGH employment with 5% employee growth.
    - - 3% of employment in the GGH with a 10% employee growth rate.
    - - Grouped together the 3 Megazones represent more jobs than the Downtown area, 543,000 to 464,700
      - Together the Megazones generate 500,000 daily commuting trips.
  - - - Digital industries, Finance, Media, Business Services, Tourism, Arts, Engineering and many others.
    - - STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.)
    - - Between 2001 and 2011, Downtown Toronto grew by 42,000 core jobs.
  - - - Definition: The uncontrolled expansion of urban areas.
        
        Urban sprawl affects Toronto through all areas of spatial significance. SKiDs, Megazones and the downtown areas are all affected due to Urban sprawl.
- - - - Economic restructuring is accompanied by shifting spatial employment patterns.
    - - Characterized by these areas along with several other dense mixed use concentrations among the region.
- - - - Commercial land, stores and restaurants. Tim Hortons, McDonalds
    - - Main types include CBO Industries. Ribbon industries. Local examples: factories being pushed out.
    - - Residential Density. Low Housing Lots, more costly land
    - - Transportation space being taken up by TTC and Buses
    - - Schools, Hospitals, Churches. Local Examples: Mt. Sinai, St. Mary's
    - - Parks and Green spaces,soccer fields, golf courses. Like Christie Pits, Dufferin Grove.
  - - - Links with Toronto's ever changing demographics and structure. City limits keep getting pushed
  - - - 145 occurring in Toronto in 2016, with religion being the leading cause at 46% followed by race at 18% and then sexual orientation at at 12%.
    - - Lower crime rates per 1,000 residents than Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary.
- - - - Fallen below pre-recession levels
      - 7% in 2016 (better than Vancouver, worse than Montreal and Calgary)
  - - - Important attribute of building a visually pleasing and healthy natural environment.
      - Toronto has about 1/4 of forest cover.