AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY CH. 27n 24o CLASS NOTES DEINDUSTRILIZATION AND THE RISE OF THE SERVICE SECTOR

AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHYCH. 27n 24o

CLASS NOTES

DEINDUSTRILIZATION AND THE

RISE OF THE SERVICE SECTOR

20th Century Industrialized CORE…

• Expansion of the Service Sector…– (Tertiary level)

• Remember…GLOBALIZATION???

• World web of production, consumption, & exchange that makes up the economy

FORDIST – System of Org. Industrial Production / Labor

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

• World Cities –

• Centers of strategic control of the world’s economy

• New York, London, Tokyo = Investing

• Zurich = Banking

Econ. Readjustment

• Foreign Direct Investment –

• Investment of capital in a foreign country (periphery) -factory / infrastructure itself

• Example???

Map of Mexico's maquiladora plants

• Footloose Industry – • Company with no allegiance / ties to a

location, thus can move its location• Products lightweight & valuable

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.

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