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Unit 5

Watching Canada: Urban, Rural, and Future

Part 2: Changing Imprints on the Landscape

Canada’s Booming Urban Centres

• Working in Canada
  Do a search to learn about urban planners, architects, land surveyors, and more.
  
• 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 the 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

• 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?
  
  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.