The Global Economy in Transition

Brian J. Berry, Edgar C. Conkling, D. Michael Ray (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

498 Seiten

1996 | 2nd edition
Pearson (Verlag)
978-0-13-505264-8 (ISBN)

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Global Economy in Transition & Atlas of World Geography Pkg.

Brian J. Berry, Edgar C. Conkling, D. Michael Ray

2001

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For courses in economic geography or global economy found in departments of Geography, Economics, or Management.

This introductory text thoroughly explores the processes now driving globalization, their consequences for the structure of the world economy, and the concepts needed to understand what is unfolding.

1. The Forces Promoting Globalization.

2. The Factors Reinforcing Regionalization.

3. Population: The Ultimate Resource.

4. Food Supplies: A Limit to Growth?

5. Energy, Minerals, and the Environment.

6. Price and Other Mechanisms for Regulating Exchange.

7. Rent Gradients, Land Use, and the Structure of Global Systems.

8. Comparative Costs and the Geometry of Industrial Location.

9. Scale, Externalities, and Agglomeration: The Evolving Structure of Global Industry.

10. Technology Transitions and Patterns of Growth.

11. Patterns and Dynamics of Global Economic Transactions.

12. Trade Regimes and Global Development.

Glossary.

Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.12.1996
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	1253 g
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	0-13-505264-5 / 0135052645
ISBN-13	978-0-13-505264-8 / 9780135052648
Zustand	Neuware