Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 22:29:40 -0800 (PST) From: Economic Geography To: Economic Geography Subject: Geog 207 / Post Mortem Spring Greeting! Geography 207 is officially behind us. Yet, to be faithful to our basic tenets, learning is continuous and, as you are well aware, we have barely "scratched the surface" in these past much too short 10 weeks. Thus, is there life after 207? First of all, those of you unhappy with your course grade, contact me, find out what happened, challenge the grade, ask for a reexamination, whatever... Second, PLEASE, do NOT come during this coming (too hectic) first week of the quarter to collect your finals... unless it is urgent. During the second week (and thereafter), make an appointment at the familiar site &/or by E-mail. I would like to discuss your project with you and get your suggestions for 207's future. You may also ask for a break-down (composition) of your grade by E-mail if you do not have the time to drop by personally. Third, I am sure you are aware what an incredible and probably unique Web effort you accomplished collectively and individually during this past quarter. Thus, I hope you keep working on your site and keep it connected. If you leave the "U" soon, I hope you take your site to a new provider and let me know your new address so that you can stay connected. If that is not possible, you may want to consider giving me permission to transfer your 207 project into a special subdirectory in econgeog. Remember, you are a life-long member of the 207-club.... Fourth, should you be interested in making use of your present and future HTML skills for volunteer- and non-profit purposes, let me know. Professors, students, the Seattle Community Network and many community organizations are needing help at all skill levels for creating new and maintaining old Web sites. If you want to get 499 (directed research) or 496 (intership) credit for the academic dimensions of such volunteer work, let's discuss it... Some propaganda: Consider following up your 207 ideas in the much smaller Geography 350 (Local Economic Analysis, T/Th 4:30-6:50, Spring & Fall) or Geography 498 (Undergraduate Workshop in Internet Geography, W, 2:30-5:20, Fall) See you around, drop by & have a good quarter. Gunter Krumme

On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, ABC wrote: > Professor Krumme, I was not able to access the 207 homepage from the home > all weekend. The error message said there was not socket connection. I > would like a brief explanation of when and why a region would have import > substitution and I need a little explanation of the "Garbage Can Model". > It was mentioned briefly in my notes, but if you could give me a little > more understanding of what it is I would greatly appreciate it. > Thank you for your time. Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 08:20:28 -0800 (PST) From: Gunter Krumme Subject: Re: two clarifications 1. Import substitution as a process refers to situations where "regions" (economic activities within regions or new firms coming from the outside) take up the production of goods or services which formerly have been imported, but, for whatever reasons, now can be viably produced within. (e.g. as a result of population (demand or labor supply) increases) 1a. as a strategy: attempt to utilize underused capacities or reduce unemployment locally by increasing multipliers... 2. "Garbage Can" Model: was a short-cut reference to "ambiguous behaviors", i.e.explanations/interpretations of behaviors which at least appear to contradict classical theory. Was greatly influenced by the realization that extreme cases of aggregate uncertainty in decision environments would trigger behavioral responses (e.g." acting first, thinking later") which, at least from a distance, appear "irrational" or at least not in compliance with the total rationality of "economic man." The specific "Garbage Can Model" I referred to in class was originally formulated in the context of the operation of universities and their many seeming inter-departmental communications problems..... 3. Yes, I am aware of the computer problems we all faced yesterday! That is (real) life! G.K.

Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 10:15:45 -0800 (PST) On Thu, 13 Mar 1997, XYZ wrote: > Prof. Krumme, > > How extensive can our "notes" be for the final? Could I include past > exam notes from your web page in my notebook, or would that not be > acceptable? I have never taken an "open notebook" exam before so need > some guidance as to what is and is not acceptable. > Thank you, > From: Economic Geography Subject: Re: Final exam Your notebook is your notebook. No special edition is needed for the finals. You may put in there and organize materials (class notes, clippings, xeroxed excerpts (no complete papers or book chapters, please!) etc.) in a way which suits your needs. G.K.

On Mon, 3 Mar 1997, ABC wrote: > What can we expect to see on the makeup midterm this Friday? > Thanks, Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 20:18:58 -0800 (PST) From: Economic Geography Subject: Re: makeup midterm ABC: Good you ask. I need to be thinking about that. (i) It will be covering the whole quarter (= "comprehensive"), since everybody is making-up a different part of the quarter. Fair? (ii) It will be either in exactly the same, well-known format, or in a "compromise" format, i.e. there would be six questions for 5 minutes/points each; they would be slightly more involved than the definitions, but less complex than the essays (we will have essays again in the final). Please ask on Wednesday so that I can announce it to the class. G.K.

On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, ABC wrote: > Prof. Krumme. This is ABC I met you ... to discuss my > case study. I was wondering, instead of doing a case study on ...., > I was wondering what you thought of this, > "GTE's influence on the telemarketing of the city of Everett." > now is this case study still too broad? > Could you reply and help me out! > > Thank You Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 08:40:02 -0800 (PST) From: Economic Geography Subject: Re: Geog. 207 ABC: If you think that you can develop a link between your Utopianism-Futurism concentration and this "case study" then "go for it". You have to be the judge whether you can develop (one or more of) the point(s) and plans you made in your concentration write-up through this suggested case study. How can it be too broad if you only answer one specific question? Narrowing down your set of questions from your concentration to one (or a few highly interrelated) question(s) and attaching it/them to a "case study", is a major part of the project's objectives. Hope this helps you along. G.K.

Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 20:58:25 -0800 (PST) To: Economic Geography Subject: Geog.207 Lab Post-Mortem Greetings: I hope you still have something nice to say about location quotients and data. Honestly, the L.Q. was the simplest "tool" I could find ... And remember, this is primarily a lab exercise with an emphasis on a logical and numerically correct use of the location quotient and on some attempt to interpret the result. The purpose of the exercise was NOT to support any definitive research for your project... that would be premature. However, I hope you are getting a general "feel" for the data difficulties associated with your concentration/case-study. I also want to encourage as many of you as possible to present your concentration on your Web site, now that you have one. Without wanting to interfere with your group- decision-making, I could imagine that it would be possible for some to present on the Internet while others still prefer paper, even within the same group (at least I will not have anything against receiving mixed packages). Our helpers and I will stand by to show you how to move your word-processed concentration-write-up and resource page etc. to your Web site. Remember, you do NOT need HTML to do that. A simple copy-and-paste job will do. Find our office hours on Wednesday (before & after class) & Thursday ( all in the Geography Collaboratory, 415 Smith) in the helpers' page or the class messages page. Finally: I was asked whether you actually have to look at the readings or resources which you are citing in your Resource Page. Not only is the answer an emphatic "Yes!", but I also expect that you use at least one or two of the items as citations in your text and properly refer to them. The two pages represent a (very) short but formal paper requiring all the academic niceties you can think of. ;-) G.K.

Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 14:26:22 -0800 (PST) From: Economic Geography Subject: Re: Makeup quiz On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, ABC wrote: > Is the makeup quiz at the end of the quarter for students who haven't > done well on a quiz, or is it for students who missed a quiz? Answer: Both! gk

Our "helpers" will have computer and Internet skills-related "office hours" in the (Geography) Collaboratory (Back-Room to the left) (with the Monday exception) during the following times: Bruce Carr Mo 12:00-1pm. (OUGL-Collaboratory) Wayne Brewer Tu 1:30 I won't be available next week on Wednesday @ 2:30. However, I will make myself avialable at the collaboratory on Tuesday @ 1:30 for any students who feel they may need help. Heidi Piper Wed, 10:30-11:30 (Geog-Collab) Bruce Carr Wed 11:30-12:30 (Geog-Collab) Jesse Arnold Thu 12:00 - 1pm (Geog-Collab) Heidi Piper: Fri 12:30 -1:00 (Geog-Collab) I can also help out during these times (except Thursday) as well as during my office hours. Just come to my office and fetch me if needed.

Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 18:19:42 -0800 (PST) From: Gunter Krumme Subject: Re: help-clarification On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, John Doe wrote: > Hi, > I am having trouble with the graph and explanation of tapering transport > costs on pg. 79-80. I struggled through graph 5.6a, but 5.6b I cannot > decipher. It is trying to show the relationship between transport cost and > market-source proximity, but Im not getting it. Are assembly costs, the > cost of assembling the product or the cost of transporting product from > the> source? > Thanks, Response: The horizontal dimension in these graphs (5.B and 5.C depict alternative locations of a plant having to bring raw materials to the plant ("assembly") and transporting finished products to the market ("Distribution"). If the ultimate location is close to the Material Source, the distribution costs will be high; on the other hand, if it is at or close to the market, then the assembly costs will be high. For intermediate locations, you have to add distribution and assembly costs. As a result of the tapering, intermediate locations are relatively expensive ( = high aggregate transport costs) since both tapering processes have not yet had a chance to yield long-distance savings. We have two relatively short hauls with (almost) no long-distance benefits. Thanks for the question. I'll add Q&A to the message file for the class (without your name). G.K.