GGR252H5 Lecture : GGR252 Lec1
Document Summary
Economic change-growth of services (manufacturing based service based) Urbanized society (this change most prominent in urbanized society=service economy)= do not produce what they consume, depends on someone else producing. Purpose of marketing/retailing: to make you want things you don"t need. Marketing: created and bought into the process of flaunting" displaying what you have. Huge growth in personal income translates to increase in purchasing power (personal process) Spatial expressions/spatila connections: how are urban/regions expressed in a landscape, do they change with time. Lifecycle: chart of life (pt of birth to death) change of potential in retail economy) Lifestyle: an individual expression (as determined by society) Toronto: largest market in canada, higher population with disposable income. Most growth in outer toronto, because retail needs to be installed followed by residential development. Greatest concentration and differentiation of household income in toronto core= diversified retail. Easier to study in suburban level than urban level more constant. Retail strips associated with older neighbourhoods (oakville, toronto)
