As a metropolitan area expands, fringe areas are influenced
by the growing number of people and urban functions. Agricultural and vacant areas are converted into residential, industrial, commercial and institutional sites. In recent years a
greater concern has arisen over the manner in which land is converted
and the effects of such conversion upon an agricultural
region.
This study describes and analyses the land use pattern of
one such region, Richmond, British Columbia, for the years 1930,
1949 and 1958. The land use data is represented cartographically
and statistically. Changes which occurred during the intervening
years and after 1958 are noted and reasons for them either
explained or suggested, depending upon the availability of information.
The major emphasis is on the effect of increasing urban
expansion upon the character of the agricultural land use pattern,
and upon Richmond's role as an agricultural and suburban area
within the Greater Vancouver region.
Since the 1958 analysis is based upon a detailed land use
survey conducted by the author, more specific information is
given on the character of land use than for any other period.
Regional differences in field crops, amounts of agriculture per
section and problems resulting from wastage of land in subdivisions
are examples of the factors considered in the thesis.
The effect of the past haphazard manner of urban development,
especially residential, has created a jumbled land use pattern with large, unproductive or unused areas. Little consideration has been given to the consequences of this increased
sporadic urbanization upon agriculture and the municipality.
In the future an ever-growing population in the Greater Vancouver
area will create further demands for more urban land
in the fringe areas, such as Richmond. Sound planning will be
needed to ensure a more orderly and less wasteful development
of the region's valuable land resources. / Arts, Faculty of / Geography, Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/41699 |
| Date | January 1964 |
| Creators | Ulmer, Arno Leopold |
| Publisher | University of British Columbia |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. |
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