Main entry:

Polèse, Mario, 1943-

Title & Author:

The periphery in the knowledge economy : the spatial dynamics of the Canadian economy and the future of non-metropolitan regions in Quebec and the Atlantic Provinces / Mario Polèse, Richard Shearmur ; in collaboration with Pierre-Marcel Desjardins, Marc Johnson.

Publication:

[Montreal, QC] : Institut national de la recherche scientifique/NRS-Urbanisation, culture et Société : Canadian Institute for Fesearch on Regional Development, 2002.

Description:

xxix, 237 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Series:

Regions in the knowledge economy = Régions et économie du savoir

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-214).
Peripheral regions in the knowledge economy: trends and challenges. Defining peripheral regions, basic trends, and why we should be concerned ; A brief journey into the past: on the origins of urbanisation and the geographic concentration of economic activity ; The impact of the knowledge-based economy and new information and communications technologies ; Employment de-concentration and the diversification of peripheral economies ; The coming crisis: the impact of new resource constraints and the demographic transition -- The challenges facing peripheral regions in Quebec and Atlantic Canada. Some regions are more peripheral than others: the growing importance of geography ; Local entrepreneurship and location ; Successful regions: what can we learn? ; It matters what province you're in ; The future of peripheral regions in Quebec and Atlantic Canada.
Some text in French.

Summary:

"Since the early 1980's most peripheral regions of Eastern Canada have seen their population and employment levels stagnate, then decline. However, these trends - ilustrated by the first results of the 2001 census - are characterised by strong discontinuities (mine closures, collapse of fish stock), but also by counter-trends (dynamic entrepreneurship, success in some regions). In this book the authors examine the economy and geographic processes which underlie these trends, and address the following questions: are these processes specific to Eastern Canada, or are they more general? Are all peripheral regions on an equal footing with respect to the trends towards metropolisation and increasing international trade? Are there any policy approaches which may counter-act some of the effects of these structural trends?"--Page 4 of cover

Subject:

Economic forecasting Canada, Eastern.
Rural development Canada, Eastern.
Rural industries Canada, Eastern.
Information technology Canada, Eastern.
Information services industry Canada, Eastern.
Economic geography.
Economic development Technological innovations Canada, Eastern.
Information technology Economic aspects Canada, Eastern.
Technologie de l'information Aspect économique Canada (Est)
Développement économique Innovations Canada (Est)
Géographie économique.
Economic history Regional disparities
Economic development Technological innovations
Economic forecasting
Economic history
Information services industry
Information technology
Rural development
Rural industries
Canada, Eastern Economic conditions 20th century.
Canada, Eastern Economic conditions Regional disparities.
Canada (Est) Conditions économiques Disparités régionales.
Canada (Est) Conditions économiques 20e siècle.
Eastern Canada

Added entries:

Shearmur, Richard.
INRS-Urbanisation.
Université de Moncton. Institut canadien de recherche sur le développement régional.
Regions in the knowledge economy.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 271170
Call No.: BIB 204097
Status: Available