Peter J Rimmer
Biographic Data
| ID | 1284565 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter J Rimmer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter J |
| FAMILY NAME | Rimmer |
| SIGNATURE | RIMMER P J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0528-6154 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 62 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 220 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 62 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Emeritus Professor Joseph Michael Powell 27 December 1938-7 July 2022
Joseph (Joe) Powell came to enjoy celebratory status as a distinguished historical geographer. In 1964, he was recruited from England to the recently established Monash University by the late Professor Basil Johnson to join a team of geographers, with a strong emphasis upon their teaching ability, to initiate the subject. While members of this team diffused over time to other universities, Joe remained at Monash moving from senior teaching fellow…
Primate City
Some cities, usually capitals, are disproportionate in size relative to the population of other cities and the national population. Jefferson's law of the primate city and Zipf's rank‐size rule, became standard measures of spatial inequality. Both are statistical associations, not analyses of causes. Despite conceptual weaknesses and data flaws, primacy gave rise to much academic debate and a presumption of capital city bias without offering good…
China's Belt and Road Initiative: Underlying economic and international relations dimensions
In reviewing the literature on the Belt and Road Initiative, attention is paid to the antecedents of China's Silk Road revival, the domestic driving forces, and the perennial search for energy security behind the policy initiated in 2013. After detailing and interpreting the Initiative's timeline, key aspects of the government's policy are analysed; its financial arrangements are noted; and the initial 64 countries covered by the Belt and Road id…
Asian-Pacific Rim Logistics: Global Context and Local Policies
Encompassing China, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, extending to Australasia and connecting with South Asia, the Asian-Pacific Rim forms the world's most dynamic economic region. Comprehending the region's logistical structure and its institutions is of pivotal importance for businesses, researchers and policy-makers. The flow of goods, people and information constitutes the global and local economic system. Through a unique analysis of th…
Japan and Southeast Asia
South East Asia and Australia
This article first reviews the historical trajectories of South East Asian cities. It then discusses urban governance and the state, identifies the present urban hierarchy, and explores urban dynamics by linking regional identity to the international connections as revealed by airline networks. South East Asian urbanism has distinctive features that arose from the exigencies of a tropical monsoon climate and from associated cultural patterns. At …
The global intelligence corps and world cities: Engineering Consultancies on the Move
China’s container-related dynamics, 1990–2005
Manga World
Japan is fast becoming a major node of global cultural production. A host of Japanese cultural products have been created for domestic consumption, including animation, comics, film, music, and television (localization). The increasing export of these Japanese cultural products to Europe and North America underlines globalization is not merely a Western preserve but incorporates Japan (lo-globalization). As Japan has become part of this decentere…
First World City: Kuala Lumpur
Not until the 1960s was Kuala Lumpur a significant international city (Chapter 1). Georgetown (Penang) was the more important service centre on the western side of the Malay Peninsula (Chapter 6). However, after 1896, as the capital of the new Federated Malay States, Kuala Lumpur gradually became the hub of the Peninsula’s land transport networks and in population moved ahead of Ipoh (Table 10.1). Despite population growth during the 1920s, 1930s…
Cities, Transport and Communications: The Integration of Southeast Asia Since 1850
This book shows the impact of globalization on Southeast Asia, which over a few decades has evolved from a loose set of war-torn ex-colonies to being a centre of global manufacturing. Focusing on citi
China’s transport and communications firms: Transforming national champions into global players
China’s entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) exposes its state‐owned maritime, aviation and telecommunications operators to unprecedented competition. This development raises a series of critical issues about China’s transition from a state‐planned regime towards a real market economy. How will China’s leading state‐owned firms in deep‐sea container shipping, air passenger transport and telecommunications respond to the dilemma posed by …
Overview: Restructuring Chinese space in the new millennium
This collection is concerned with understanding the nature of China’s spatial development during the transition to a socialist market economy. It does so primarily by questioning the applicability of the ‘desakota’ model and extended metropolitan region (EMR) concept to the contemporary Chinese space economy. Yu Zhu’s contribution extends the ‘desakota’ model by applying it to rural areas without the attraction of large cities. Wing‐Shing Tang an…
Virtual memories: Japanese history debates in manga and cyberspace
2002). Virtual memories: Japanese history debates in manga and cyberspace. Asian Studies Review: Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 147-164
Effects of the Asian Crisis on the geography of Southeast Asia’s air traffic
The Asia-Pacific Rim's transport and telecommunications systems: Spatial structure and corporate control since the mid-1980s
The Japanese Internet: Visionaries and Virtual Democracy
An examination is made of how the development of the Internet in Japan is likely to affect civic rights and the relationship between citizens and their government. This was undertaken to determine if the trajectory of Internet development in Japan, with its distinct locational and corporate biases, has followed the predictions of two prominent Japanese commentators: the visionary Kumon Shumpei who espoused an expansive international perspective t…
Ocean liner shipping services: Corporate restructuring and port selection/competition
An examination is made of the nature of corporate restructuring among liner shipping companies to meet the needs of producers for logistic services within the Asia‐Pacific Economic Region. This task is undertaken by detailing the development of the global alliances forged in 1996. Then their impact on port selection and competition within the Asia‐Pacific Economic Region is studied with particular reference to the Trans‐Pacific trade. As the comp…
Beyond the Third World City: The New Urban Geography of South-east Asia
Scholars, as area specialists, have typified south-east Asian cities as Third World cities and emphasised their uniquely south-east Asian or even national characteristics. This paper will argue that the early decades of decolonisation which gave rise to this perspective were in fact a transitional phase. In the late colonial period south-east Asian cities were already becoming more like Western cities. Since the 1980s, in the era of globalisation…
The Geographer as Itinerant: Peter Scott in Flight, 1952–1996
Mobility is the keystone of the ‘new’ regional geography. Attention is drawn to the outpouring of work on travellers throughout history. Surprisingly, little mention is made of geographers who have crossed borders, been immigrants and have engaged in writing about movement. As is evident from Peter Scott's pocket log diary of air travel and airports, there is scope for a study of the whole range of spatial practices of individual geographers thro…
The Geography of Air Transport: Symposium in Honour of Peter Scott
Trans‐pacific Oceanic Economy Revisited
This article canvasses the transport and communications needs of large ‘network firms’ in the Trans‐Pacific oceanic economy. Initially, it considers their requirement for a multimodal goods transport system by analysing air freight and container shipping networks. It studies their need for high‐volume business travel by examining international passenger transport. Then their demand for an advanced information structure and complementary transport…
China's infrastructure and economic development in the 21st century
Refocusing on China: The Case of Hong Kong’s Hutchison Whampoa
We know little about the location decisions of large Chinese conglomerates and how this relates to their restructuring in a dynamic AsiaPacific environment. This case study of one of Hong Kong’s latest conglomerates, Hutchison Whampoa, begins with the company’s decision to remain in Hong Kong after 1997. Restructuring has been carried out primarily by acquiring new enterprises in its existing specialised areas of retail, manufacturing, telecommu…
Japanese Investment in Golf Course Development: Australia-Japan Links
Beyond the Third World City: The New Urban Geography of South-east Asia
Scholars, as area specialists, have typified south-east Asian cities as Third World cities and emphasised their uniquely south-east Asian or even national characteristics. This paper will argue that the early decades of decolonisation which gave rise to this perspective were in fact a transitional phase. In the late colonial period south-east Asian cities were already becoming more like Western cities. Since the 1980s, in the era of globalisation…
The Search for Spatial Regularities in the Development of Australian Seaports 1861-1961/2
Japan's World Cities: Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya or Tokaido Megalopolis
The Internationalization of Engineering Consultancies: Problems of Breaking into the Club
Changing global trends in the location of engineering consultancies are examined. This reveals the relative decline of firms headquartered in North America and the rise of European-based counterparts. It raises the question of why multinationals located in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East have not broken into this Western club in greater numbers. Of particular interest is the relatively poor showing of consultancies based in Japan…
Redirections in Transport Geography
Transport geography lacks a unique identity. The role of the engineer, economist and even the sociologist is becoming widely accepted in multidisciplinary transport studies but that of the geographer is not self-evident. This identity crisis stems from the widespread borrowing from other disciplines that has characterized transport geography's development. If this dilemma is to be resolved there is a pressing need to specify what the transport ge…
Regional economic integration in Pacific Asia
The emergence of a new infrastructural arena in Europe has prompted searches for similar ‘macroeconomic corridors’ in the United States and Japan. Although they can easily be discovered in the United States, confining attention to Japan omits new regional forms brought about by economic integration in Pacific Asia. After examining the driving forces behind regional economic integration—rival firms, rival states, and supranational organisations—in…
China's Belt and Road Initiative: Underlying economic and international relations dimensions
In reviewing the literature on the Belt and Road Initiative, attention is paid to the antecedents of China's Silk Road revival, the domestic driving forces, and the perennial search for energy security behind the policy initiated in 2013. After detailing and interpreting the Initiative's timeline, key aspects of the government's policy are analysed; its financial arrangements are noted; and the initial 64 countries covered by the Belt and Road id…
China’s container-related dynamics, 1990–2005
The Asia-Pacific Rim's transport and telecommunications systems: Spatial structure and corporate control since the mid-1980s
Japanese construction contractors and the Australian states: Another Round of Interstate Rivalry
Transport Geography
Japan's 'Resort Archipelago: Creating Regions of Fun, Pleasure, Relaxation, and Recreation
Changes have occurred in Japanese regional development policy to accommodate the decline in production and commercial activities. Initially, the thrust was on using high-tech activities to promote regional development within an emerging information society. Subsequently, this strategy has been complemented by a policy of regional development based on the leisure and construction industries. Before this policy is outlined attention is focused on e…
Transport geography
The Changing Status of New Zealand Seaports, 1853–1960
Assuming that a general process of dominance ranking has taken place through the improvement of internal accessibility, a simple model depicting the evolution of the spatial patterns of New Zealand port locations is developed to provide a standard for gauging changes in the status of seaports. By applying the idealized-type sequence to the distribution of New Zealand ports at different times it is shown that Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and D…
Please Sir! Can we have more? Geography and the Australian Research Grants Scheme, 1983
Virtual memories: Japanese history debates in manga and cyberspace
2002). Virtual memories: Japanese history debates in manga and cyberspace. Asian Studies Review: Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 147-164
The Japanese Internet: Visionaries and Virtual Democracy
An examination is made of how the development of the Internet in Japan is likely to affect civic rights and the relationship between citizens and their government. This was undertaken to determine if the trajectory of Internet development in Japan, with its distinct locational and corporate biases, has followed the predictions of two prominent Japanese commentators: the visionary Kumon Shumpei who espoused an expansive international perspective t…
Macroaccessibility and Mesoaccessibility: A Case Study of Sapporo, Japan
Accessibility measures are presented which provide a means of understanding the internal spatial structure of radically different urban forms and of assessing the impact on residents of land-use and transport policies. It discusses the results of the application to Sapporo in Japan of a set of measures intended for the comparison of accessibility patterns between, within, and across cities in Pacific Rim countries. After detailing an appropriate …
The competitive position of a planned shopping centre
(1967). The competitive position of a planned shopping centre. Australian Geographer: Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 160-168
China’s transport and communications firms: Transforming national champions into global players
China’s entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) exposes its state‐owned maritime, aviation and telecommunications operators to unprecedented competition. This development raises a series of critical issues about China’s transition from a state‐planned regime towards a real market economy. How will China’s leading state‐owned firms in deep‐sea container shipping, air passenger transport and telecommunications respond to the dilemma posed by …
Effects of the Asian Crisis on the geography of Southeast Asia’s air traffic
China's infrastructure and economic development in the 21st century
Refocusing on China: The Case of Hong Kong’s Hutchison Whampoa
We know little about the location decisions of large Chinese conglomerates and how this relates to their restructuring in a dynamic AsiaPacific environment. This case study of one of Hong Kong’s latest conglomerates, Hutchison Whampoa, begins with the company’s decision to remain in Hong Kong after 1997. Restructuring has been carried out primarily by acquiring new enterprises in its existing specialised areas of retail, manufacturing, telecommu…
The Trans-Pacific Economy: A Network Approach to Spatial Structure
The Asia-Pacific region is analysed as a trans-oceanic economy. Like the Trans-Atlantic economy it constitutes a sub-system of the world economy. Drawing on world systems theory its spatial structure could be defined in terms of core states and peripheral states. The use of nation states in the real world situation leads to categorization problems. An alternative approach is to revive network analysis. Rather than making value judgments about cor…
The Internationalisation of the Japanese Construction Industry: The Rise and Rise of Kumagai Gumi
The internationalisation of the Japanese construction industry is inextricably caught up with the rise and rise of one company, Kumagai Gumi. Between 1955 and 1983 it accounted for more than 10% of all contracts awarded to the fifty-seven members of the Overseas Construction Association of Japan, a figure that outranked the 'Big Five' domestic giants-Kajima, Ohbayashi, Shimizu, Taisei, and Takenaka Komuten. Any scepticism about the choice of Kuma…
The Search for Spatial Regularities in the Development of Australian Seaports 1861–1961/2
The Search for Spatial Regularities in the Development of Australian Seaports 1861-1961/2
Changes in the Ranking of Australian Seaports 1951–2 — 1961–2
The Altona petrochemical complex
Areas of community interest in Victoria as indicated by competitive sport
The competitive position of a planned shopping centre
(1967). The competitive position of a planned shopping centre. Australian Geographer: Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 160-168
Victoria's new oil refinery
The Changing Status of New Zealand Seaports, 1853–1960
Assuming that a general process of dominance ranking has taken place through the improvement of internal accessibility, a simple model depicting the evolution of the spatial patterns of New Zealand port locations is developed to provide a standard for gauging changes in the status of seaports. By applying the idealized-type sequence to the distribution of New Zealand ports at different times it is shown that Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and D…
Recent Changes in the Status of Seaports in the New Zealand Coastal Trade
into two main islands, seaports have always been of great importance in handling commodity flows generated within the country. The role performed by seaports in the coastal trade has continually been recast to accommodate new developments in transport and changes in the volume and character of commodity movements. Recent adjustments in this role are considered here: first, by analyzing variations in the relative status of seaports in the coastal …
The boot and shoe industry in Melbourne
Population movements to nine Victorian towns
The Australian Petrochemical Industry
The plants established are inevitably high-cost ones because production runs are limited by the small and fragmented market. Despite the cost disabilities, the government, pursuing its policy of high rate of economic and population growth with full employment, increased productivity, rising standards of living, external viability, and stability of costs and prices,1 is prepared to foster such developments. The consequences of this policy geared t…
Models in geography: A review symposium
MODELS OF PHYSICAL SYSTEMS *Models in Geography, ed. by K. J. Chorley and P. Haggett, 61⁄4 by 91⁄2 inches, 816 pages, maps, diagrams, photos, index. Methuen, London 1967, $18.90. MODELS OF SOCIO‐ECONOMIC SYSTEMS BLUEPRINT FOR A REVOLUTION THE TREATMENT OF GEOGRAPHICAL CROSS‐FERTILIZATION IN ‘MODELS IN GEOGRAPHY‘
Redirections in Transport Geography
Transport geography lacks a unique identity. The role of the engineer, economist and even the sociologist is becoming widely accepted in multidisciplinary transport studies but that of the geographer is not self-evident. This identity crisis stems from the widespread borrowing from other disciplines that has characterized transport geography's development. If this dilemma is to be resolved there is a pressing need to specify what the transport ge…
Paratransit: A Commentary
Paratransit’ has triumphed over rival terms to describe the nebulous mass of transport organisations, technologies, and services that lie somewhere between conventional and personal transit in price and quality. Stripped of some of their previous advanced technological excesses, professional and spontaneous paratransit services are now perceived as the linchpin of unconventional wisdom which also involves trimming conventional transit to more den…
Urbanization of the Malays since Independence: Evidence from West Malaysia, 1957 and 1970
A major intent of Malaysia's New Economic Policy, given expression in the Second Malaysia Plan (1971–75) and Third Malaysia Plan (1976–80) is “to diminish the concentration of employment among the Malays ... in traditional agriculture while increasing their presence in the relatively more affluent urban sector”
Japanese highway planning: A western interpretation
Underdevelopment theory: A geographical review
A review is undertaken of post‐war development geography. It focuses, in particular, on the influence of modernization, post‐modernization, dependency, neo‐modernization and various forms of marxist and neo‐marxist theories on geographical research. While geographers have accomplished substantial work on what are now termed peripheral capitalist societies they have remained dependent upon other disciplines, such as economics and sociology, for th…
Theories and techniques in third world settings: Trishaw pedallers and towkays in Georgetown, Malaysia
A critical review of urban informal sector studies that typified development geography during the 1970s is undertaken by examining a study of trishaw pedallers in Georgetown, Malaysia. After describing the nature of the underlying theory and empirical results the original study, on reflection, is open to criticism on the basis of its initial assumptions, methodology and ideological and social functions. The criticism led to the adoption of a new …
Macroaccessibility and Mesoaccessibility: A Case Study of Sapporo, Japan
Accessibility measures are presented which provide a means of understanding the internal spatial structure of radically different urban forms and of assessing the impact on residents of land-use and transport policies. It discusses the results of the application to Sapporo in Japan of a set of measures intended for the comparison of accessibility patterns between, within, and across cities in Pacific Rim countries. After detailing an appropriate …
Please Sir! Can we have more? Geography and the Australian Research Grants Scheme, 1983
The Role of Paratransit in Southeast Asian Cities 1
Transport Geography
Transport Geography
Changes in Transport Organisations within Southeast Asian Cities: Petty Producers to Statutory Corporations
A spate of studies of West European and North American cities have charted and interpreted the remarkable and rapid transformation of public transport since the early 19th century. The question arises as to whether the attempts to superimpose metropolitan culture via public transport structures in African, Asian, and Central and South American cities were as spectacular and speedy. Attention, in tackling this question, focuses upon the transfer o…
Geography (45 works) · Political science (35 works) · Economic geography (33 works) · Economics (28 works) · Sociology (25 works) · Business (21 works) · Economy (19 works) · Regional science (18 works) · Engineering (16 works) · Computer Science (15 works)