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Mise-à-jour le 25 March 2024, 2 minutes de lecture

Thème 2 : Dynamiques territoriales, coopérations et tensions dans la mondialisation

Globalization at 3 scales. Uneven integration

Local : City level. Cities as global hubs
National : Differences within the United States. Code Periphery
Regional : North America. USMCA Integration Intra regional

Nations aren't driving globalization, cities are

• Global hub of integration (nodal point)

New York

• 8.4 million inhabitatns in 2018, 8.2 million in 2020
• More than 20 million in the metropolitan region
• Immigration (37% foreign-born in NYC)
• Services city
• Many foreign-born people (immigrants)
  • They are very clustered
  • They live together, in their residential areas

Spatial characteristics of a global city

• High rise buildings in the center (CBD - Central Buisness District)

Current issues in NYC

• Relative poverty and inequality
• Impacts of the covid pandemic
• Working from home and out migration
• Impacts of climate change
• …

Concepts

• Resilience
• …

Conclusion

• Cities important hubs and drivers of globalization
• Networks of global flows from major cities

USA

Core periphery at different scales

I. US Core and peripheries

Main core of the US - Main core of the world

• Northeast + Manufacturing belt
• …

Growing integrated periphery

• Sun Belt
• Regions of major growth
• Revitalized olf south by tourism

Periphery. Resources used by the core

• Corn Belt and Great Plains
• RPcky mountains, natural areas
• Remote states

Globalization flows and core periphery

• Export driven trade favours areas with …
• Dominent core

Semi-periphery

• High tech patterns

Conclusion

• Clustering of activities

Intra regional flows

• Flows across borders betwee, the US, Canada, and Mexico

Regional barriers to globalization

• Lack of standardized transport infrastructure including material handling equipment for containers (ports, rail and road) making goods more expensive
• Lack of capital, business expertise, investment opportunities
• Lack of skilled labour, high labour costs, automation
• Cultural differences