Introduction
About Economic Geography
Institutionalism
Conclusion
Part I Markets in Place, Space, and Time
1. Markets in Place and Space
Contemplating Markets
Market Exchange
Market Coordination
Market Governance
Conclusion
2. The (Evolving)
Spatial Division of Labour
Introducing the Division of Labour
Urbanization, Scale Economies, and Cumulative Causation
Globalization
Conclusion
3. Innovation, Evolution, and Inequality
Innovation and Markets
Innovation as a Social Process
Techno-economic
Paradigms
The Changing Geography of Innovation
Innovation and Global Inequality
Conclusion
Part II Institutional Pillars of Modern Space Economies
4. Business
Introducing Business
Business Segmentation
Location Dynamics
Conclusion
5. Labour
The
Distinctive Evolutionary Nature of Labour Markets
The Nature of Labour Markets
Labour Market Segmentation
Labour Market Failures and Challenges
Conclusion
6. Government
The Role of Government
The Nature of Government-Economy Relations
Government Policy Interventions
and Institutions
Regional and Local Development Policies
International Economic Policies: The Free Trade Agenda
The Incomplete Territorialisation of Externalities Governance
Conclusion
7. Non-Profit Organizations
The Role of Non-Profit Organizations
The Diversity of
Non-Profits
Economic Impacts
Global-Local Dynamics of NGO Activism
Social Capital and Development
Conclusion
Part III Location Dynamics of Value Chains
8. Cities
The Role of Cities
Cities are Global and Local
Systems of Cities
Intra-Urban Land-Use
Patterns
Conclusion
9. Energy and Mineral Resources
Contradictions of Resource Exploitation
The Resource Cycle Meets the Value Chain
Resource-based Development
Conclusion
10. Agriculture
Geographic Differences in Agriculture
Local and Global Markets: Disparities
and Dilemmas
Organization: From Old MacDonald to McDonald's
Regional Renewal and Relocalization
Conclusion
11. Manufacturing
Geographic Differences in Manufacturing
The Shifting Geography of Manufacturing
Locating Manufacturing Facilities
Location, Product Cycle
Dynamics, and Value Chains
Clustering and Congregation
Conclusion
12. Services
The Development of the Service Industry
Defining Services
Consumer Services
Producer Services
Public Services
Conclusion
13. Transportation and Communication Networks
The Role
of Transportation and Communication Networks
Network
Costs, Pricing, and Location
Transportation, Communications, and Scale
Conclusion
14. Consumption
Geographic Differences in Consumption
Demand: Decision-making by Consumers
Consumption Over Space
Consumption of
Places and Space
Conclusion
Glossary
Index
List of Initialisms
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Roger Hayter is a professor in the Department of Geography at Simon Fraser University. He is well known and well respected as an instructor, academic, and writer. Professor Hayter was given the Award for Scholarly Distinction by the Canadian Association of Geographers in 1999 and served as
Editor of The Canadian Geographer from 2006 to 2008.
Jerry Patchell is an associate professor in the Division of Social Sciences at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He completed his MA at Western University, and his Ph.D at SFU, with Roger Hayter as his supervisor.
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