U'S' Canada Relations

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U.S. - Canada Relations

• Asymmetires
• Population
• Size of Economy (U.S. economy 10 times larger)
• International Affairs
• Health Care Systems

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U.S. - Canada Relations

• Similarities
• Same European Background
• Federal Governments and representative
  democracies
• Similar economic structure
• Share longest undefended border
• Similar urban and suburban patterns

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Gender and Family

• By the 1980s 70 of females born between 1947 and
  1964 were in the workforce.
• Children more likely to be poor than adults.
• Family Structure

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Aging

• By 2050 1 in every 5 Americans will be over the
  age of 55.

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Transportation

• Railroad Networks
• Interstate Highways
• Air Transport
• Hubs

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NAFTA

• Second largest trading bloc
• Removed Tariffs and other trade barriers
• Some states increased trade with Canada and
  Mexico - others did not
• Estimated 440,000 jobs lost
• Maquiladoras

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Environmental Problems (1)

• Hazardous waste
• U.S. generates 5 times the amount of hazardous
  waste of the entire European Union
• Nuclear power generation, weapons manufacturing,
  mineral mining and drilling, waste incinerators,
  and industry

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Environmental Problems (2)

• Air Pollution
• Smog
• Acid Rain

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Environmental Problems (3)

• Habitat Decline
• Destruction of Wetlands
• Important reproductive zones
• Provide water filtration
• Suburbanization (urban sprawl)
• Golf courses, shopping centers, highways, etc.

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Environmental Problems (4)

• Water Resource Depletion
• Aquifer A permeable subsurface rock layer that
  can store, transmit and supply groundwater
• Ogallala Aquifer
• Southern CA and AZ

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