GGR209H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Gross Domestic Product, Modernization Theory
Document Summary
How do we think spatially about the economy. How do the unique features of specific places shape the development. Locations of specific natural features & resources. How are economic activities distributed unevenly across space and. Structural evolution of global capitalism & legacies of colonialism. Nations, regions & cities that have accumulated or lost wealth through this process. Implications for contemporary production & consumption patterns, eg. for bottled water. What happens in one place profoundly affects what happens in another: production networks of key components) Production & distribution networks of goods & services (and. Linkages required to create & sustain them. How does power over space, especially in the form of territory. National governments control flows of people, investment & products across borders. Governments defer some authority with free trade agreements. Role of scale: global, macro regional, national, regional, local, workplace/home, body; Not necessarily hierarchical in terms of influence.
