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North America II (CHAPTER 3: 155-183)

North America II (CHAPTER 3: 155-183). COMPONENTS OF THE SPATIAL ECONOMY. ACTIVITIES OR SECTORS Primary (Raw Materials) Secondary (Manufacturing) Tertiary (Services) Quaternary (Information) Quinary (Management). INDUSTRIAL LOCATION FACTORS. Location of raw materials

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North America II (CHAPTER 3: 155-183)

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  1. NorthAmericaII(CHAPTER 3: 155-183)

  2. COMPONENTS OF THE SPATIAL ECONOMY • ACTIVITIES OR SECTORS • Primary (Raw Materials) • Secondary (Manufacturing) • Tertiary (Services) • Quaternary (Information) • Quinary (Management)

  3. INDUSTRIAL LOCATION FACTORS • Location of raw materials • Labor availability • Energy availability • Location of market • Transportation • Relative importance of factors change: • INDIVIDUAL SECTORS • NATURE OF THE ECONOMY

  4. FUEL RESOURCES

  5. NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING BELT

  6. Agriculture in the US A Macro Von Thünen Model?

  7. POSTINDUSTRIAL LOCATION FACTORS • 300 days of sunshine per year • Recreational water within 1 hour drive • Affordable housing • Start up capital ($1 billion) • Low risk environment • Tax breaks • Cooperative state & local governments • Lenders • Businesses

  8. POSTINDUSTRIAL OCCUPATIONS ATTRACTIONS FOR HIGH-TECH COMPANIES • Major University (Graduate Engineering Program) • Economic enterprises • Government • Social-services complexes • Military

  9. C A N A D A

  10. Quebec City Toronto Montreal Detroit Windsor Main Street Cluster

  11. 4 Lesser Clusters

  12. URBAN SPATIAL CHANGESMacroscale (Interurban) • Maurice Yeates • Developed a model to explain Canada’s urban system • Views cities as points in a network that interact with one another and serve the hinterlands • Similar to Borchert’s model • Included 3 developmental eras

  13. URBAN SPATIAL CHANGESMacroscale (Interurban) • Frontier-Staples Era (<1935) • Economic transition from mercantile economy to one oriented to staples (raw materials and agricultural goods for export) • Growth of the industrial heartland • Montreal and Toronto emerged as dominant cities.

  14. URBAN SPATIAL CHANGESMacroscale (Interurban) • Era of Industrial Capitalism (1935-1975) • Increase in manufacturing and tertiary sectors of the economy • Increase in urbanization • Large investment by US corporations in Canadian branch-plant production (auto industry) • Alberta experiences growth due to oil and natural gas production.

  15. URBAN SPATIAL CHANGESMacroscale (Interurban) • Era of Global Capitalism (since 1975) • Rise in foreign investment from western Pacific Rim and Europe • Canada’s movement into the Postindustrial Society • Country achieves 77% urbanization

  16. DIVIDED QUEBEC

  17. REGIONS OF THE REALM • Maritime Northeast • French Canada • Core • Continental Interior • South • Southwest • Western Frontier • Northern Frontier • PacificHinge

  18. REGIONS OF THE REALM

  19. NorthAmericaII(CHAPTER 3: 155-183)

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