The Global Economy in Transition
2nd Edition
Published on 20. December 1996
Book
Hardback
498 pages
978-0-13-505264-8 (ISBN)
Description
For courses in economic geography or global economy found in departments of Geography, Economics, or Management.
This introductory text thoroughly explores the processes now driving globalization, their consequences for the structure of the world economy, and the concepts needed to understand what is unfolding.
This introductory text thoroughly explores the processes now driving globalization, their consequences for the structure of the world economy, and the concepts needed to understand what is unfolding.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Width: 283 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1253 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-505264-8 (9780135052648)
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Brian J. Berry | Edgar C. Conkling | D. Michael Ray
Global Economy in Transition & Atlas of World Geography Pkg.
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09/2001
2nd Edition
Prentice Hall
€54.55
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Content
1. The Forces Promoting Globalization.
2. The Factors Reinforcing Regionalization.
3. Population: The Ultimate Resource.
4. Food Supplies: A Limit to Growth?
5. Energy, Minerals, and the Environment.
6. Price and Other Mechanisms for Regulating Exchange.
7. Rent Gradients, Land Use, and the Structure of Global Systems.
8. Comparative Costs and the Geometry of Industrial Location.
9. Scale, Externalities, and Agglomeration: The Evolving Structure of Global Industry.
10. Technology Transitions and Patterns of Growth.
11. Patterns and Dynamics of Global Economic Transactions.
12. Trade Regimes and Global Development.
Glossary.
Index.
2. The Factors Reinforcing Regionalization.
3. Population: The Ultimate Resource.
4. Food Supplies: A Limit to Growth?
5. Energy, Minerals, and the Environment.
6. Price and Other Mechanisms for Regulating Exchange.
7. Rent Gradients, Land Use, and the Structure of Global Systems.
8. Comparative Costs and the Geometry of Industrial Location.
9. Scale, Externalities, and Agglomeration: The Evolving Structure of Global Industry.
10. Technology Transitions and Patterns of Growth.
11. Patterns and Dynamics of Global Economic Transactions.
12. Trade Regimes and Global Development.
Glossary.
Index.