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Economic Geography - Places, Networks and Flows (Paperback, New)
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Economic Geography - Places, Networks and Flows (Paperback, New)
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The turbulence of the current times has dramatically transformed
the world's economic geographies. The scale and scope of such
changes require urgent attention. With intellectual roots dating to
the nineteenth century, economic geography has traditionally sought
to examine the spatial distributions of economic activity and the
principles that account for them. More recently, the field has
turned its attention to a range of questions relating to:
globalization and its impact on different peoples and places;
economic inequalities at different geographic scales; the
development of the knowledge-based economy; and the relationship
between economy and environment. Now, more than ever, the changing
fortunes of peoples and places demands our attention. Economic
Geography provides a stimulating and innovative introduction to
economic geography by establishing the substantive concerns of
economic geographers, the methods deployed to study them, the key
concepts and theories that animate the field, and the major issues
generating debate. This book is the first to address the diverse
approaches to economic geography as well as the constantly shifting
economic geographies on the ground. It encompasses traditional
approaches, albeit from a critical perspective, while providing a
thorough, accessible and engaging examination of the concerns,
methods and approaches of the 'new economic geography'. This unique
introductory text covers the breadth of economic geography while
engaging with a range of contemporary debates at the cutting-edge
of the field. Written in an accessible and lucid style, this book
offers a thorough and systematic introductory survey. It is
enhanced by pedagogical features throughout including case studies
dealing with topics ranging from the head office locations of the
Fortune 500, Mexico's maquiladoras to China's investments in
Southern Africa. This book also contains exercises based on the key
concepts and annotated further reading and websites.
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