Economic Geography
Published on 30. April 1987
Book
Paperback/Softback
426 pages
978-0-471-62444-8 (ISBN)
Description
This text describes and analyzes locational patterns of various economic and urban activities. It explains where and why those activities locate, striking a balance between theoretical and empirical approaches. Whilst combining a location/spatial interaction approach with a description (an empirical approach) of economic patterns, thus providing a balance between the dominant approaches of the last three decades, the book contains coverage of North America, particularly the USA, and relates 1980s urbanization to economic geography concepts. In this new edition, the entire energy presentation has been reworked to highlight the changes in the US energy production, consumption and alternative sources since the 1970s. Also, coverage of urbanization and agriculture has been substantially revised and updated to reflect recent trends.
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Edition
International 2 Revised ed
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 190 mm
Weight
737 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-62444-8 (9780471624448)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
The Field of Economic Geography; World Population Processes and Pressures; Technology and Economic Development; SPATIAL INTERACTION; Principles of Spatial Interaction; The Role of Transportation in Economic Geography; THE CITY IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; The City as an Economic Node; The Location of Tertiary Activities; The Changing Economic Geography of the Restructured Metropolis; MANUFACTURING LOCATION; Manufacturing: Where Plants Locate; Manufacturing: Regional Patterns and Problems; THE ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY OF ENERGY; Energy Production in the United States; Patterns and Problems of U.S; Energy Consumption; THE GEOGRAPHY OF AGRICULTURE; The Spatial Organization of Agriculture; Contemporary American Agriculture: Regions and Trends; APPLIED ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; Problem-Solving Approaches and Analytical Methods in Economic Geography; Credits; Author and Subject Indexes; Geographical Indexes.