Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 5.3
Evolution trajectories of spatial configurations: some examples
Origin
Destination
Pure agglomeration
Industrial complex
Competence-based SN
Trust-led SN
Pure
agglomeration
Global cities
US and UK automobile
industry
- Broadway Theatre
- West End Theatre
- Montreal video-game
industry
- Bangalore software
industry
UNCOMMON
Eighteenth century
Scottish banking
Industrial
complex
- Boston Route 128
electronics industry
- Seattle aircraft industry
- Los Angeles defence
industry
- Global semiconductor
(wafer and assembly)
industry
- Scottish electronics
industry
UNCOMMON
Nokia's networks in
Finland
UNCOMMON
West London media
industry
Competence-
based SN
Silicon Valley
semiconductor industry
(stage II)
- Toulouse Airbus
industry
- Sophia- Antipolis life-
science industry
- Formula 1 London
Hinterland
- Emilia Romagna
robotics and
mechatronics industry
- Italian and Spanish
ceramics industry
- Sophia- Antipolis IT
industry
Trust- led SN
Birmingham and
Some
made in Italy
industrial districts
in leather industries
(Veneto and Tuscany)
- Silicon Valley
semiconductor industry
(stage I)
- Cambridge (UK)
electronics industry
- Emilia Romagna life-
science industry
Some small
made in
Italy
industrial
districts in clothing
industries (Marche
and Abruzzo)
Connecticut gun- making
industry
