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