Economic Geography and Regional Development

Introduction We often observe major differences between incomes in different regions of the same country. A similar situation was seen in towns in the province, areas within the city, areas in that area, and so on. The reason for this difference is clearer at national and local level, but as we reach smaller and smaller areas they become more complicated. This attracted the attention of many people and created a great deal of literature.

literature. Most theories seek help from "economic geography" and its diversity to explain this income disparity. We will try to see some of these explanations in the context of regional development. Trying to explain the regional differences, the problems of the country and region began to become more important in the early 20th century. Historically, the state played an important role in shaping the geographical location of developing countries. Age in the late 1900s

The geographical position of the country may have a big influence on development. Geography explains a lot of things that may affect the economy of the country or region. These factors are not the death penalty for economic development, but only the problems that need to be overcome. Doing so will result in cost; the cost where poor countries usually can not afford. Water transport Waterborne transport is usually very cheap. It also requires advanced or expensive technology to provide basic transportation. Navigational rivers, coastlines and natural ports are all important elements in the development of water-based trade. Inland countries faced more problems as they have to negotiate directly with neighboring countries to enter the external market. This difficulty can be overcome by constructing expensive roads and railways.

As an academic field, transportation geography was born from economic geography in the second half of the 20th century. Traditionally, traffic is always an important element behind the geographical and economic representation, the monetary cost of location and distance of economic activity. The increased mobility of passengers and cargo proved that the geography of transportation appeared as a survey of specialized fields. In the 1960 's, transportation costs were considered to be an important element of positioning theory, transport geography became more dependent on more quantitative methods, especially in analyzing networks and spatial interactions. However, since the 1970's, globalization has challenged traffic centrality in many geographic and regional development studies.