GEOG 3LT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: The World Factbook, Great Lakes Region, Ceteris Paribus
14 Aug 2015
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Borders: lines of impedance, discrete change in areal characteristics, border functions, customs, immigration, security, tariffs declining, clandestine transnational actors (andreas. 2003: border placement seldom makes economic sense, often resulted from treaties to end wars or division of land amongst powers (i. e. , africa) Formal regions: enclosing an areas that is relatively homogeneous in one or a few characteristics, can"t capture 100% homogeneity. E. g some americans live in canada, mexicans live in us. 1879 macdonald"s national policy (tariffs: great lakes avenue of continental penetration, eastern border created by 1783 treaty of paris, parallel industrial development in great lakes states and southern ontario, gradual integration, auto pact (1965), cusfta (1988), nafta (1994) Canada-us border (source: wikipedia commons: world"s largest bilateral trade relationship, about 50% in ontario, cross-border economy: systems of production and consumption are highly dependent on cross-border movements of goods, people, information, funds. Foreign imports and exports as % of gdp, 2010: defined by spatial interaction.
