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Canada and the Global Economy : the Geography of Structural and Technological Change.
A collection of essays by twenty-three of Canada's leading economic geographers, Canada and the Global Economy is a comprehensive study of the evolving economic and geographic patterns of Canadian development. It provides a benchmark for research on the spatial development of the Canadian econo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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McGill-Queen's University Press
1996.
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| Colección: | Canadian Association of Geographers series in Canadian geography.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part One: The Open Economy
- 2 Foreign Trade in Goods and Services
- 3 External Shocks: Regional Implications of An Open Staple Economy
- 4 Shifts in Canadian Direct Investment Abroad and Foreign Direct Investment in Canada
- 5 The Canadian Financial System in International Perspective
- Part Two: The New Staple Economy
- 6 Technological Imperatives in Resource Sectors: Forest Products
- 7 Restructuring in the Canadian Mining and Mineral-Processing Industries
- 8 Redrawing the Canadian Energy Map
- 9 Agriculture in a World of Subsidies
- Part Three: Manufacturing And The Impact Of Technological Change
- 10 Employment Creation By Small Firms
- 11 Organizational Restructuring of U.S.-Based Manufacturing Subsidiaries and Plant Closure
- 12 Restructuring in Mature Manufacturing Industries: The Case of Canadian Clothing
- 13 Restructuring in a Continental Production System
- 14 High-Tech Canada
- 15 Capital, Technological Change, and Regional Growth
- Part Four: Services And The Spatial Organization Of The Economy
- 16 The Role of Transportation in the Canadian Economy
- 17 The Canadian Market and Activities Oriented to Consumers
- 18 The Role and Location of Service Activities in the Canadian Space Economy
- 19 Quaternary Places in Canada
- Part Five: Political Economic Questions
- 20 Canada'S Public Space Economy
- 21 Socio-Spatial Restructuring of Canadian Labour Markets
- 22 Technological Change and Innovation: Policy Issues
- 23 Conclusion: Canada'S Emerging Economic Geography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Z.