GMS 803 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fixed Cost, Soil Fertility, Niche Market
10 Nov 2016
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Week 2 (2) transportation & spatial structure. Spatial differentiation location, size, and density illustrative of distribution inequalities of features such as resources and population. Transportation not only favours economic development but has impact on social organization. Space shapes transport as much as transport shapes space (reciprocity) transport spatial organization articulated over reciprocity to locations and demand. Reciprocity to demand concerns activities dependent on transportation since acitivity based on level of transport demand/mobility, reflected in spatial org. e. g small retail activity conditioned by local accessibility from customers, large manu. Plant relies on accessibility to global freight distribution for input/output. More interdepend economy = more transportation becomes support. This effect observed from three major geographical scales: global, regional, local. Global: gateways and hubs, air and maritime routes (+ telecommunications support majority of global flows, investment, trade production. Regional: metro areas, corridors (rails, highways, canal, urban system and hinterland. Local: employment and commercial activities, roads and transit systems, commuting and distribution.
