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World Economic Geography. Consumption. Instructor: Dr. Truong Thi Kim Chuyen Email: worldeconomicgeography@gmail.com Weblog: www.socialscience09.wordpress.com. World Economic Geography. Paul Knox (2008), The geography of the world economy, Routledge; 5th edition
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World Economic Geography Consumption Instructor: Dr. Truong Thi Kim Chuyen Email: worldeconomicgeography@gmail.com Weblog: www.socialscience09.wordpress.com
World Economic Geography • Paul Knox (2008),The geography of the world economy, Routledge; 5th edition • Neil M.Coe, Phillip F Kelly, Henry W.C. Yeung (2007), Economic Geography, Blackwell Publishing • Readings: Fellmann – Getis - Getis (1998). Human Geography: Landscapes of Human Activities. Brown & Benchmark.
09/ Consumption – who controls spaces of sales and consumption? Aims: To recognize the position and importance of the consumption process within the capitalist system To appreciate the changing geographies of consumption and in particular, retailing To understand how consumption spaces are actively designed and used To reflect on the ways in which consumption, place and identity are interrelated
OUTLINE • Introduction • The consumption process • The changing geographies of retailing • The changing spaces of consumption • Consumption, place and identity • Summary