ABSTRACT Globalisation and digitalisation have been presented as inescapable forces which signal the ‘death of geography’; this article takes issue with this fashionable narrative. The counter argument that ‘geography matters’ is pursued in three ways: first, by questioning the ‘distance-destroying’ capacity of infonnation and communication technologies, where social depth is conflated with spatial reach; second, by arguing that physical proximity may be essential for some forms of knowledge exchange; and third, by charting the growth of territorial innovation systems.
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PUBLICATION RECORD
- Publication year
2004
- Venue
Geography
- Publication date
2004-01-01
- Fields of study
Geography, Economics, Sociology
- Identifiers
- External record
- Source metadata
Semantic Scholar
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CLAIMS
CONCEPTS
- death of geography
The idea that technological and economic change has made physical location largely irrelevant.
Aliases: end of geography
- digitalisation
The expansion of digital technologies and digitally mediated activity discussed as another force affecting spatial relations.
Aliases: digitalization
- distance
The spatial separation between places that is treated as potentially important for social and economic interaction.
- globalisation
The process of increasing cross-border economic, social, and cultural integration discussed as a force linked to claims about shrinking space.
Aliases: globalization
- information and communication technologies
Digital tools and networks used to transmit information and support communication across distance.
Aliases: ICT, information and communications technologies
- knowledge exchange
The sharing, transfer, or circulation of knowledge between people or organizations.
- physical proximity
The close geographic co-location of people, firms, or organizations in the same place.
Aliases: proximity
- social depth
The richness, intensity, or thickness of social interaction and knowledge exchange between actors.
- territorial innovation systems
Innovation systems organized around specific places or regions rather than being fully placeless or global.
Aliases: regional innovation systems
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