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 19th 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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