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Economic Geography Part II. Interaction Transportation The City, Services and Central Place Theory. Principles of Spatial Interaction. Transportation: movement of goods and people from one place to another Mode: marine, railway, highway Mode: walking, bicycle, bus, LRT, subway
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Economic GeographyPart II Interaction Transportation The City, Services and Central Place Theory
Principles of Spatial Interaction • Transportation: movement of goods and people from one place to another • Mode: marine, railway, highway • Mode: walking, bicycle, bus, LRT, subway • Communication: movement of information from one place to another • Medium: voice line, fibre-optic • Spatial interaction = transportation + communication
3 Rail-based meat distribution, reefer
Spatial Interaction • Nodes: point locations • But a set of points may comprise a service area • Origins of all people flying out of Lethbridge County Airport • Destinations • Viewing or listening area for broadcasting • Routes or route segments joining nodes • Flows or volume being moved
Why do things move?The Bases for Spatial Interaction • Complementarity • Complementary resource endowments • Form utility • Place utility • Transferability • Ease of transferance and ability to overcome distance • Distance decay and umland