Doughnut Question:

What is happening in this picture and why?

Geography 207Economic GeographyAutumn 2010

Introduction

Professor: Bill BeyersTA: Derik Andreoli

With Special Guest: Chris FowlerSeptember 29th 2010

Slides available at: http://faculty.washington.edu/csfowler/Geog_207.html

Outline for today

•What is economic geography?•What are its roots, and to what is it related?

• What are the goals for this course?• What are the class requirements?• What are the day-to-day mechanics?

Key Topics in Economic Geography

• Why locating businesses properly helps profitability

• Why land use patterns arise in cities• Why regional economies grow or decline• How large, global corporations are

reshaping the geography of production

• How industrial systems are being reshaped by the information revolution

• Why geography matters in economics!!

How has our current economic situation changed all of this?•Housing•Financial markets•Transportation costs•Movement of labor•Extensiveness of production networks

Dealing with change in our subject matter…•…note that the textbook was substantially

revised in 2004 and then most recently in 2007

•http://tipstrategies.com/archive/geography-of-jobs/

Roots of Modern Economic Geography

•Von Humboldt - Cosmos•Environmental Determinism•Commercial Geography•The Quantitative Revolution & Theoretical

Geography•Applied Geography, Including Business

Geographics•Regional Science, Urban Planning,

Business Administration including Marketing

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Volume 2,page 273

Roots of Modern Economic Geography

•Von Humboldt - Cosmos•Environmental Determinism•Commercial Geography•The Quantitative Revolution & Theoretical

Geography•Applied Geography, Including Business

Geographics•Regional Science, Urban Planning,

Business Administration including Marketing

Economic Geography and Epistemology

•Positivism (Location Theory)•Behavioralism•Humanism•Structuralism & Marxist approaches•Poststructuralism

Subfields of Economic Geography

1. PRIMARY ACTIVITIESagriculture, resource extraction, hunting,

fishing, and gathering2. SECONDARY ACTIVITIES manufacturing, construction3. TERTIARY ACTIVITIES

retailing, services4. QUATERNARY ACTIVITIES

information services, researchGOVERNMENTAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITIES

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Scales of Economic Geography

•Consumer—how we choose the places where we buy stuff

•Firm—optimization of production locations

•Community—distribution of economic resources

•The city—competing for jobs•The region—synergies based on clusters•The nation—trade policy and government

intervention•The world—economic systems and

efficiency

Globalization

Goals For This Course

•A Comprehensive Survey of the Field

•Some Hands-on Experience using materials covered in the text & lecture

•An appreciation of how the materials we will cover are treated in more advanced courses and in related fields

•Recognition of both theoretical principles and their real-world application.

Course Requirements: Mechanics•Two Midterm Examinations•Final Examination

•Three Research Exercises

•Participation in Discussion Sections

•Lecture notes: Available as links off course web page, but not all the graphics.

Grades and Points

•Point Distribution - Tentative•Exam 1 and Exam 2: 100 points

each•Final Exam: 150 points•Research Exercises - 35 points each

•Grades:•Class Median = UW Undergraduate

Median = 3.1

About Beyers (discussed on Monday Oct 4)

•Seattle native, live in West Seattle, UW undergrad and Ph.D. graduate

•Economic Geography is my field•Research Interests:

▫Service Economy; New Economy; Economic Trends in U.S. regions; Trends in the Rural West

•Other: Active in Service, University Committees, Past Chair in Geography

•Enjoy Teaching this Class Immensely.

About Andreoli

•BA, MA, and almost Ph.D. from the UW

•Working on Peak Oil

•Skilled in GIS and economic geography