1	North America II (CHAPTER 3: 155-183)
2	COMPONENTS OF THE SPATIAL ECONOMY
3	INDUSTRIAL LOCATION FACTORS Location of raw materials Labor availability Energy availability Location of market Transportation
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7	POSTINDUSTRIAL LOCATION FACTORS 300 days of sunshine per year Recreational water within 1 hour drive Affordable housing Start up capital ($1 billion) Low risk environment Tax breaks Cooperative state & local governments Lenders Businesses
8	POSTINDUSTRIAL OCCUPATIONS Major University (Graduate Engineering Program) Economic enterprises Government Social-services complexes Military
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10	Main Street Cluster
11	4 Lesser Clusters
12	URBAN SPATIAL CHANGES Macroscale (Interurban) Maurice Yeates Developed a model to explain Canada’s urban system Views cities as points in a network that interact with one another and serve the hinterlands Similar to Borchert’s model Included 3 developmental eras
13	URBAN SPATIAL CHANGES Macroscale (Interurban) Frontier-Staples Era (<1935) Economic transition from mercantile economy to one oriented to staples (raw materials and agricultural goods for export) Growth of the industrial heartland Montreal and Toronto emerged as dominant cities.
14	URBAN SPATIAL CHANGES Macroscale (Interurban) Era of Industrial Capitalism (1935-1975) Increase in manufacturing and tertiary sectors of the economy Increase in urbanization Large investment by US corporations in Canadian branch-plant production (auto industry) Alberta experiences growth due to oil and natural gas production.
15	URBAN SPATIAL CHANGES Macroscale (Interurban) Era of Global Capitalism (since 1975) Rise in foreign investment from western Pacific Rim and Europe Canada’s movement into the Postindustrial Society Country achieves 77% urbanization
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17	REGIONS OF THE REALM Maritime Northeast French Canada Core Continental Interior South Southwest Western Frontier Northern Frontier Pacific Hinge
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19	North America II (CHAPTER 3: 155-183)