GEO 320 Urban Geography Fall 2007
Department of Geography and Meteorology, Valparaiso University
Urban Economic Geography

Questions

• Where do industries in different economic sectors locate in the city and how have these locations changed over time?
• How do cites attract economic growth?

The Location of Business and Industry in Valparaiso

Industrial Location
Manufacturing

• Agglomeration Economies
• Changes in the nature of manufacturing
• Incubator Theory
• Product Cycle theory
• Goose Island

Tertiary Industries

• Consumer Services and Producer Services

High-Tech/Quaternary

How do Cities Attract Growth?

• Economic Base Theory
• Consumer City Hypothesis