AgendaAgenda►Questions?Questions?►ReviewReview

Defining economic geographyDefining economic geography Subfields of economic geography Subfields of economic geography

(Economic sectors) (Economic sectors) See NAICS linkSee NAICS link Approaches to economic geographyApproaches to economic geography

►Home sweet homeHome sweet home►Globalization trendsGlobalization trends►Population, the Prime VariablePopulation, the Prime Variable

What approach What approach would you take, would you take, as an economic as an economic geographer, to geographer, to understand this understand this

landscape?landscape?

GlobalizationGlobalization

►Origins with Marshall McLuhan, the Origins with Marshall McLuhan, the “global village” – a Canadian!“global village” – a Canadian! Time-space compressionTime-space compression

►More than internationalization – More than internationalization – extension of economic activity across extension of economic activity across national bordersnational borders Essentially Essentially quantitativequantitative changes changes

►Process of Process of qualitativequalitative change in change in functional integration (organization) of functional integration (organization) of internationally dispersed activitiesinternationally dispersed activities

Globalization definedGlobalization defined

►ProcessProcess by which people, ideas and by which people, ideas and activities become interconnected, activities become interconnected, integrated and drawn into the same integrated and drawn into the same social space at the same time.social space at the same time. International trade in commoditiesInternational trade in commodities Factors of productionFactors of production Information and Information and

attitudes/fashions/movementsattitudes/fashions/movements Ecological interdependenceEcological interdependence

Globalization TrendsGlobalization Trends

► Capital mobilityCapital mobility► Hegemony of Multinational firmsHegemony of Multinational firms

► DeregulationDeregulation Nation-state has been weakenedNation-state has been weakened

► Global dualism – contradictory forcesGlobal dualism – contradictory forces Supranationalism and convergenceSupranationalism and convergence

►Global homogeneity (McDonaldization)Global homogeneity (McDonaldization)►Multinational trade blocsMultinational trade blocs

McDonald’s inMcDonald’s in

BeijingBeijing

Globalization TrendsGlobalization Trends

► Capital mobilityCapital mobility► Hegemony of Multinational firmsHegemony of Multinational firms

► DeregulationDeregulation Nation-state has been weakenedNation-state has been weakened

► Global dualism – contradictory forcesGlobal dualism – contradictory forces Supranationalism and convergenceSupranationalism and convergence

►Global homogeneity (McDonaldization)Global homogeneity (McDonaldization)►Multinational trade blocsMultinational trade blocs

Divergence/nationalismDivergence/nationalism► Devolutionary forces Devolutionary forces ► Underdevelopment and growing gapUnderdevelopment and growing gap

Global Population ProcessesGlobal Population Processes

1.1. Population structurePopulation structure

2.2. Population distributionPopulation distribution

3.3. Population growthPopulation growth

4.4. Population and resources Population and resources

Population density: Global Population density: Global scale scale

Population density: Continental Population density: Continental scale scale

Population distribution: Population distribution: densitydensity

► Market potential:Market potential: PopulationPopulation Purchasing powerPurchasing power Close enough to patronize the marketClose enough to patronize the market

► Ecological footprintEcological footprint►Urban concentrationsUrban concentrations

Megacities >10,000,000Megacities >10,000,000

Population GrowthPopulation Growth

► Geographic variation Geographic variation ► Components of changeComponents of change

BirthsBirths DeathsDeaths Net migrationNet migration

►In-migrationIn-migration►Out-migrationOut-migration

►Demographic Transition ModelDemographic Transition Model

Population GrowthPopulation Growth

Demographic Transition Demographic Transition ModelModel

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EdmontonEdmonton

CorridorCorridor