Urban Geography (Global Cities and Urbanization)

5.

Economic Geography of Cities

5.1.

Urban Economic Base

5.1.1.

Basic and Non-basic Activities

5.1.1.1.

Export Industries

5.1.1.2.

5.1.1.3.

Economic Multipliers

5.1.2.

Economic Base Analysis

5.1.2.1.

Location Quotients

5.1.2.2.

Shift-Share Analysis

5.1.2.3.

Input-Output Models

5.2.

Urban Economic Specialization

5.2.1.

Manufacturing Cities

5.2.1.1.

Industrial Clusters

5.2.1.2.

Deindustrialization

5.2.1.3.

Industrial Legacy

5.2.2.

Service Centers

5.2.2.1.

Financial Services

5.2.2.2.

Professional Services

5.2.2.3.

Government Centers

5.2.3.

Knowledge Economy

5.2.3.1.

High-tech Clusters

5.2.3.2.

Innovation Districts

5.2.3.3.

Creative Industries

5.2.4.

Tourism and Entertainment

5.2.4.1.

Tourism Infrastructure

5.2.4.2.

Cultural Economy

5.2.4.3.

5.3.

Urban Labor Markets

5.3.1.

Employment Structure

5.3.1.1.

Formal Employment

5.3.1.2.

Informal Economy

5.3.1.3.

Unemployment Patterns

5.3.2.

Spatial Mismatch

5.3.2.1.

Job-Housing Balance

5.3.2.2.

Transportation Barriers

5.3.2.3.

Skills Mismatch

5.3.3.

Labor Market Segmentation

5.3.3.1.

Primary and Secondary Markets

5.3.3.2.

Gender and Employment

5.3.3.3.

Immigrant Labor

5.4.

Commercial Geography

5.4.1.

Retail Hierarchy

5.4.1.1.

Central Place Theory

5.4.1.2.

Retail Gravity Models

5.4.1.3.

5.4.2.

Commercial Centers

5.4.2.1.

Central Business Districts

5.4.2.2.

Shopping Centers

5.4.2.3.

5.4.2.4.

5.4.3.

5.4.3.1.

Suburbanization of Retail

5.4.3.2.

Mall Development

5.4.3.3.

E-commerce Impacts

5.4.3.4.

Urban Retail Revival

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