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economic geography

Noun

Meaning

the branch of geography concerned with the production and distribution of commodities

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If there is one single area of economics in which path dependence is unmistakable, it is in economic geography – the location of production in space. Paul Krugman

The history of economic geography of the study of the location of economic activity is more like the story of geological thought about the shapes and location of continents and mountain ranges. Paul Krugman

But 119 years later, the economic geography of the island had changed, and most business was being done with Australia and New Zealand. Source: Internet

In the social sciences, more generally, however, the term regional resilience has become popular because of its association with regional adaptation and so has strong connections with evolutionary economics and evolutionary economic geography. Source: Internet

Krugman's call renewed interest by economists in regional science and, perhaps more importantly, founded what some term the "new economic geography", which enjoys much common ground with regional science. Source: Internet

High-rise towers are an increasingly important element of our economic geography. Source: Internet

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