GEO 609 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Golden Horseshoe, Frances Cairncross, Global City
20 Apr 2017
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Frances cairncross (1990s) referring to technology as the death of distance right after www was developed. Ttc form of advertising where they have merchandise (shirts) and mugs. Rome they had soldiers that represent power or marketing for rome; put up statutes of their gods, emperors etc. that"s in your face. World cities sports stadium/teams; presence of it being in your face & financial towers with all the tall buildings. The theory that everyone would be working from home if we have internet; all work doesn"t accommodate distance communication (some does & doesn"t) ex. having your room cleaned from a distance. The system of world cities is a network of. Urban agglomerations: world city of toronto reaching the 416 and 905 area, golden horseshoe is considered part of the urban agglomeration (even with the broken up green scape) Doubling the population of 9 million in the golden horseshoe and 11 million in ontario.
