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Human geography
About: Human geography is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 10771 publications have been published within this topic receiving 210635 citations. The topic is also known as: socioeconomic geography.
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01 Jan 1991
TL;DR: Paul Krugman as mentioned in this paper argues that the location of production in space is a key issue both within and between nations and provides a stimulating synthesis of ideas in the literature and describes new models for implementing a study of economic geography that could change the nature of the field.
Abstract: "I have spent my whole professional life as an international economist thinking and writing about economic geography, without being aware of it," begins Paul Krugman in the readable and anecdotal style that has become a hallmark of his writings. Krugman observes that his own shortcomings in ignoring economic geography have been shared by many professional economists, primarily because of the lack of explanatory models. In Geography and Trade he provides a stimulating synthesis of ideas in the literature and describes new models for implementing a study of economic geography that could change the nature of the field.Economic theory usually assumes away distance. Krugman argues that it is time to put it back - that the location of production in space is a key issue both within and between nations.Paul Krugman is Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been a consultant to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the United Nations, the Trilateral Commission, and the U.S. State Department. He is a member of the Group of Thirty. His books include the recent bestselling Age of Diminished Expectations: U.S. Economic Policy in the 1990s.
6,124 citations
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07 Jun 2004
TL;DR: The authors define space and place as a way of understanding, and place is defined as 'being--in--the--world' versus place as social construct. But, as discussed in Section 4.1.
Abstract: List of Figures. Series Editors' Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction: Defining Place. Space and Place. Place and Landscape. Place as a Way of Understanding. The Remainder of the Book. 2. The Genealogy of Place. Regional Geography. Discovering Place: Humanistic Geography. Place as Home. Radical Human Geography and the Politics of Place. Place as 'Being--in--the--world' versus Place as Social Construct. Place, Practice and Process. Place, Openness and Change. The End of Place?. Conclusion: Versions of Place. 3. Reading 'A Global Sense of Place'. Historial Context. Harvey on Place. A Global Sense of Place. Beyond Reactionary and Progressive Senses of Place. Conclusions. 4. Working with Place. Creating Places. In Place / Out--of--place Anachorism. Conclusions. 5. Place Resources. Key Books on Place. Key papers on Place. Introductory Texts on Place. Other Books and Papers on Place. Other Approaches to Place: Ecology, Planning, Architecture. Key Journals. Web Resources. Student Projects and Exercises. Bibliography. Index.
2,141 citations
TL;DR: A review of the important literature on scale construction can be found in this paper, where the authors argue for enlarging the scope for understanding scale to include the complex processes of social reproduction and consumption.
Abstract: Over the last ten years, scholars in human geography have been paying increasing theoretical and empirical attention to understanding the ways in which the production of scale is implicated in the production of space. Overwhelmingly, this work reflects a social constructionist approach, which situates capitalist production (and the role of the state, capital, labor and nonstate political actors) as of central concern. What is missing from this discussion about the social construction of scale is serious attention to the relevance of social reproduction and consumption. In this article I review the important literature on scale construction and argue for enlarging our scope for understanding scale to include the complex processes of social reproduction and consumption. I base my critique on a short case study which illustrates that attention to other processes besides production and other systems of domination besides capitalism can enhance our theorizing and improve our attempts to effect real social change.
1,535 citations
19 Jan 2006
TL;DR: Fagerberg as mentioned in this paper pointed out that the more knowledge-intensive the economic activity, the more geographically clustered it tends to be, and that this tendency toward spatial concentration has become more marked over time, not less contradicts longstanding predictions that the increasing use of information and communication technologies would lead to the dispersal of innovative activity over g g p p p g Fagerberg / The Oxford Handbook of Innovation Revised Proof 31.7.2004 5:38pm page 291
Abstract: There are two paradoxical characteristics of the contemporary global economy. First, innovative activity is not uniformly or randomly distributed across the geographical landscape. Indeed, the more knowledge-intensive the economic activity , the more geographically clustered it tends to be. The best examples include industries such as biotechnology or Wnancial services, which have become ever more tightly clustered in a small number of major centers, despite the attempts of many other places to attract or generate their own activities in these sectors. Second, this tendency toward spatial concentration has become more marked over time, not less contradicts longstanding predictions that the increasing use of information and communication technologies would lead to the dispersal of innovative activity over g g p p g Fagerberg / The Oxford Handbook of Innovation Revised Proof 31.7.2004 5:38pm page 291
1,488 citations
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01 Jan 1993
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the Fifth edition of the Dictionary of Distinguish and Disparity. Acknowledgements. Index and references. The Dictionary. How to Use this Dictionary.
Abstract: Preface to the Fifth Edition. How to Use this Dictionary. Acknowledgements. List of Contributors. The Dictionary. Index
1,457 citations