GMS 803 Study Guide - Final Guide: Euclidean Distance, Geographical Distance, Unit

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 803
• Professor: Hossein Zolfagharinia

Document Summary

Core components of transportation: modes, conveyances (vehicles) used to move passengers or freight, mobile elements of transportation. One center has privileged accessibility and thus represents the dominant element of the network and the spatial structure it supports: decentralized. Although the center is still the point of highest accessibility, the network is structured so that sub-centers have also significant levels of accessibility: distributed. No center has a level of accessibility significantly different from the others. Types of network: hubs, as a network structure, allow a greater flexibility within the transport system, through a concentration of flows. Disadvantages of hubs: level of risk is much higher, cost of delays and coordination errors increase significantly for hub-and-spoke. Often referred to as the clustering effect and involves the sharing of common infrastructures such as roads and utilities: for production, industrial and service linkages are offered as respective suppliers and customers benefit from close proximity and interactions.