GEOG 1003 Chapter : Ch 1, 2, & 6
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****{in class notes} most test questions are all from independent reading in book. Geography in the era of globalization ch 1&2. Paul krugman- contribution to globalization & urbanization in economics/geography. Predict: 21st century: urbanization china, technology innovation us. Globalization spread of culture; interconnecting: worldwide process of making world more uniform, intergrated, and interdependent, through commerce, communication, & travel. Interconnecting: people, immigration, tourism, travel on business. Technology (internet = telecommunication) ; population growth; fewer barriers for travel; technology of transportation; urbanization (uniform) the economy of skills . Political events changed over last 20yrs: ex: cold war could not have globalization. Globalization = trade = specialization = transportation. Price = production cost + transportation cost: characteristic 1: increasing more globally mobile capital. Development of four tigers : s. korea, taiwan, singapore, hong kong. Free trade zones & export-oriented industrialization: bring down tariff (main focus) Flow direction: core countries across each other or from core to peripheral countries: characteristic 2: transnational corp.
