Economic Geography

We live in a global world. The manufacture of a single pencil requires materials from eleven countries. Our cars contain parts that originate from all around the world. Economic geography can help us understand this interdependent world as we enter the twenty-first century. Economic geography is the study of the location, distribution, and spatial organization of economic activities across the Earth. It focuses on the location of industries and retail and wholesale businesses, on transportation and trade, and on the changing value of real estate. It includes such topics as transportation, agriculture, industrial location, world trade, and the spatial organization and function of business activity.

Selected Contents: Introduction; Megaregions: Literature Review of the Implications for U.S. Infrastructure Investment and Transportation Planning; Urbanization as a Threat to Biodiversity: Trophic Theory, Economic Geography, and Implications for Conservation Land Acquisition; Economic Geography of Food Distribution in the United States; Geography of the Poor: Case Study of a District in Sarawak, East Malaysia; Economic Inequality Predicts Biodiversity Loss; Linked Migration Systems: Immigration and Internal Labor Flows in the United States; Interrupting the Telos: Locating Subsistence in Contemporary US Forests; Cultural Diversity, Economic Development and Societal Instability; Investing in Our Self Interest: The Economics of Ocean Politics in Oregon; Mapping the Economic Costs and Benefits of Conservation; Clusters in the Romanian Economy; The Rise and Fall of Concern About Urban Sprawl in The United States: An Updated Analysis; U.S.Canada Wheat Trade: The Intersection of Geography & Economics; Index