Week 1 introduction (1)
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THE NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY
ADVANCED EDUCATION PROGRAM
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dinh Duc Truong
HANOI, 2018
Economic
Geography: A Brief
Introduction
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Storyy 1
Players
Country
Ederson
Brazil
Laporte
France
Otamendi
Argentina
Stone
England
Fernandinho
Brazil
B. Silva
Portugal
Gundogan
Germany
D. Silva
Spain
Jesus
Brazil
A
Aguero
A
Argentina
ti
Marhez
Algeria
MC OWNER
UAE
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WHERE to do it best?
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Storyy 2
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What is economic geography?
g g p y
• Economic g
geography
g p y is the study
y of the
location, distribution and spatial organization
p
of economic activities across the space
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Economic geography = Economic + Geography
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Economic
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Geography
g p y ((where))
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Big profit = SMALL shops + MANY shops
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ES for business efficiencyy
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Quick question
q
• What are opportunities
pp
and challenges
g of
Vietnam during the US-China Trade War?
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Basic concepts
p of Geography
g p y
• Location: p
position of things,
g pplaces on the map.
p
Based on fix point on the Earth (one grid on the
p)
map)
• Relative location is position of place, things or
people in relation to the others
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Basic concepts
p of Geography
g p y
• Distance:
Absolute distance: total space between things, or objects,
(usually measured in meter, centimeter or kilometer).
Relative
R
l ti distance:
di t
a measure off social,
i l cultural
lt l andd
economic relatedness or connectivity between two places
(how connected or disconnected they are) despite their absolute distance from
each others
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Basic concepts
p of Geography
g p y
• Place:
An area with definite or indefinite boundaries; a portion
of space
- Place occupies specific location on the earth
- Place is unique in terms of natural and human features
+ Nature:
N
environment,
i
l d
landscape,
condition
di i
+ Human: culture, social life, government, policy, economic
activities
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Quizz
• Name 1 place
• Give natural and social characteristics of that
place
• How these features affect the economic
activities of the selected place?
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