GGR221H1 Lecture Notes - Knowledge Economy, Creative City, Creative Class
Document Summary
Looking at 3 theories to understand the sorting of cities in inequality: the tertiary theory of location. Explains why different activities end up in different cities. Urban hierarchy understood in terms of tertiary activities. Cities passive repositories of services o o o. On one hand, there are high order centers- can find full range of services (restaurants, spa, car dealership) On the other hand, low order centers- only find low services (corner store, garage repair?- not full range. Will have lots of low order but fewer high order. Graph: many villages, towns, hamlets but little # of cities: the quaternary theory of location. Cities not passive, but of control, places of information-processing. Transmit a lot of knowledge relative to other cities. Horizontal integration increased specialization of tasks, talent, moving to larger centers to access this info. Vertical integration- firms start expanding across value chain, value added products. Results in hierarchy in offices hierarchy in cities.
