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Economic Geography Part II

Explore the principles of spatial interaction through the movement of goods and people in Economic Geography. Learn about different modes of transportation, communication mediums, central place theory, and the essential role of spatial interaction.

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Economic Geography Part II

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  1. Economic GeographyPart II Interaction Transportation The City, Services and Central Place Theory

  2. 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. DC-117 Autoparts, Toronto-Nashville

  4. Trail drive

  5. 3 Rail-based meat distribution, reefer

  6. Semitrailer cattleliner

  7. 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

  8. 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

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