Economic geography : places, networks and flows / / Andrew Wood and Susan Roberts

• Autore: Wood Andrew <1964-, >
• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.9
• Soggetto topico: Economic geography
• Altri autori: RobertsSusan M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY Places, networks and flows; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I Traditional Economic Geographies; 2 Traditional Location Theory; 3 Modeling Economic Geographies; Part II Geographies Of The Firm And Other Institutions; 4 The Geographies Of The Firm; 5 Going Global; Part III Geographies Of Uneven Development; 6 Geographic Inequities; 7 The Changing Fortunes Of Local And Regional Economies; Part IV Geographies Of Networks, Places And Flows; 8 Economic Geography 'Unbound'; 9 Conclusions ; BibliographyIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 knowledg
• Titolo autorizzato: Economic geography
• ISBN: 1-136-89946-4; 1-283-54674-4; 9786613859198; 1-136-89947-2; 0-203-84154-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791926603321
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