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Geography of Time & Change

(http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/207/timegeo.html)

Supporting & Related Pages:

• Time-Geographic Readings and References
• Just-in-Time Systems
• Geography of Change & Development
• Telecommuting
• Time & Space in Geography [James J. Biles, Michigan State U.]

An Outline:

1. Time & Change
   • Simple change (percentage growth and decline)
   • Compositional Change (e.g. Three(+) Sector Hypothesis (THS) & others)
   • Population Change
   • Interdependence Change (Economic development as change in economic interdependence structures)
   • Long Waves (Kondratieff)
   • World System Theories

2. Time and Spatial Interaction

   

   • Hägerstrand's Time-Space Continua (Prisms) Three types of constraints influence daily activity patterns:
     1. Capability constraints
     2. Coupling Constraints
     3. Authority Constraints
   • Value of Time in Transportation
     • Passenger Transport
     • Commuting: Value of foregone working or leisure time? (including allocation of time in households
     • Time to wait for the Bus vs. Time on the Bus
   • Travel, Tourism Recreation: Allocation of Time; Time to get there or time to spend there
   • Cargo Transport: Just-in-Time (kanban) and other Spatial Logistics
     • Capital Costs; Capital Intensity & Interest Rate (tends to influence Mode of Transportation)
     • Reliability;
     • Punctuality;
     • Perishability
   • Time as Component of (Transport) Systems Costs (incl.Construction) and time as Component of Operating Costs
     Networks: Canals vs. Air Corridors
     
     Transport Equipment: Trucks vs. Planes
     

3. Time and Location
   • Time & the Forces of Spatial Differentiation
     • Periodic Markets (supply times and locations)
       • Itinerant Traders, Mobile Libraries, Opera Singers and Professional Sports Teams
       • Opening Times of Stationary Activities
     • Periodic Demand (temporal facets of demand [e.g. shopping patterns])
   • Time and Transport / Communication Costs
   • Scale Economies - Capital Intensity - Interest Costs
   • Time & (Historical) Inertia & Flexibility
   • Investment Patterns, Depreciation & Mobility (Locational Flexibility)
   • Locational Adjustment Strategies: Time Horizons (How could we distinguish between the short-run, medium-run, long-run?)