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AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY CH. 27n 24o CLASS NOTES DEINDUSTRILIZATION AND THE RISE OF THE SERVICE SECTOR
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20 th Century Industrialized CORE… Expansion of the Service Sector… –(Tertiary level) Remember…GLOBALIZATION??? World web of production, consumption, & exchange that makes up the economy
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FORDIST – System of Org. Industrial Production / Labor
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Challenge to Fordist By 1970s became difficult for USA Industry Core to maintain competitive advantage WHY??? –Rise in oil $ –Rise in labor activism / $ –(agglomeration > deglomeration) –Decline in transport $s –Decline in communication $s
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World Cities – Centers of strategic control of the world’s economy New York, London, Tokyo = Investing Zurich = Banking
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Econ. Readjustment Foreign Direct Investment – Investment of capital in a foreign country (periphery) -factory / infrastructure itself Example???
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Map of Mexico's maquiladora plants
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Footloose Industry – Company with no allegiance / ties to a location, thus can move its location Products lightweight & valuable
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Post-Industrial Readjust Past Econ. Relations: Industrial core & exploited periphery New International Division of Labor – new relationships between C & P –Complex global economy –New regions are industrial players (4 Tigers) –CORE = less Secondary, more Tertiary –MULTINATIONAL CORPS.
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Technopole & High-Technology Corridor
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Time–Space Convergence – Greatly accelerated movement of goods, info., & ideas as a result of technology Time–Space Compression – relates to the social & psychological effects of living in a world of high T-S C
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