Geography of Economic Development - Hardcover

Fik, Timothy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0073659487 ISBN 13: 9780073659480

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 1999

Synopsis

This volume examines the geography of economic development and variations in the degree to which globalization of production, consumption, and exchange has affected economic growth and regions' development status. As the world's regions become more highly integrated and interdependent through time, it is essential that we gain a basic understanding of the factors and forces which both influence regional economic change and determine future economic development potential. In so doing, we acknowledge that the effectiveness of regional develoment strategies and policies are, to a large extent, contingent upon our ability to find solutions to a complex set of global development problems.

About this title

From the Publisher

Fik: The Geography of Economic Development is written for the undergraduate course. If your students are struggling in their intro to economic geography course because the choices have mainly been to use a graduate level text, Fik can solve that problem.
Have you been struggling with trying to get through all the content of your current book in one quarter or one semester? Fik's text material is manageable in length and covers the basics and the leading theories. Other theories get coverage, as well, but in less detail.
The key of Fik's success is that he follows a similar structure in each chapter by discussing theories beginning with lesser-developed regions and examples and then working to more developed regions. In some cases theoretically ideal examples are included.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0073659487
• ISBN 13: 9780073659480
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 650