GGR124H1 Lecture Notes - Post-Fordism, Sun Belt, Deindustrialization

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11 Dec 2013
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Industrialization played a key role in the spatial organization of the city, Industrial city situated in a location because of resources, Gave rise to a distinct system of social classes -> industrialization, Industrialization prompted innovation and technology, so we began to see the creation of the suburbs, and the reorganization of land use. Migration of manufacturing facilities southbound into the sunbelt, transportation began to connect areas in the united states, we then begin to see the decline of manufacturing through layoffs due to new forms of automated production. Creation of the global economy freed up trade, allowed for goods to be produced elsewhere in the world. Outsourcing was possible because of the availability of transportation technology, Freer movement of trade through agreements, allowed for the emergence of economic processing zones= tax free, cheap labour. Shift towards a service based economy led to many cities becoming de- industrialized.

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