William J Coffey
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1367740 |
|---|---|
| NOME | William J Coffey |
| PRENOMES | William J |
| SOBRENOME | Coffey |
| ASSINATURA | COFFEY W J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Université du Québec à Montréal |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 41 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 360 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 41 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1978 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2007 |
| ÍNDICE H | 13 |
Intrametropolitan Employment Structure
There is little consensus on where and how employment is decentralising in metropolitan areas. However, a number of key processes have been brought to light, and different cities have tended to display different processes: strong CBDs, suburban polynucleation, job dispersal, scattering, edgeless cities and perhaps 'keno capitalism'. This paper explores the distribution and growth of employment at a fine spatial scale. It is shown that, at this sc…
Le déclin de l'empire montréalais
L'économie de Montréal a subi une véritable hécatombe au cours des trois dernières décennies, et des centaines de milliers de pertes d'emplois. Amputée de son hinterland économique impérial (canadien), Montréal doit désormais se contenter du rôle de métropole du Québec. Cependant, si les dimensions de l'empire commercial montréalais sont aujourd'hui plus modestes, ses assises sont solides. Montréal n'a pas le profil d'une métropole vouée à un déc…
L'évolution spatiale de l'emploi dans la région métropolitaine de Montréal, 1981-1996
Un des principaux thèmes de la littérature urbaine contemporaine porte sur la répartition intramétropolitaine des activités économiques. Dans les métropoles nord-américaines, la phase la plus récente de la décentralisation de l'emploi a donné lieu aux « centre-villes périphériques » ou « edge cities » qui sont souvent en compétition directe avec le centre-ville traditionnel. Dans un premier temps, cette recherche examine l'ampleur de la décentral…
The Location of High Knowledge Content Activities in the Canadian Urban System, 1971-1991
It is widely recognized that certain activities have a higher capacity than others topromote economic growth and development. Many of these more dynamic activities areoften said to involve "high technology". In this paper we first question the conceptualand operational utility of the notion "high technology". We then propose a morestraightforward and more easily measured concept -high knowledge content-,demonstrating that activities of this natur…
La décentralisation intramétropolitaine des activités économiques dans la région de Montréal, 1981-1991
Depuis la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, les métropoles nord-américaines ont connu plusieurs vagues de décentralisation, c'est-à-dire de déplacement des personnes et des activités économiques de la ville centrale vers les banlieues : la population, les services à la consommation, les industries manufacturières, les activités de bureaux standardisées (les back offices). Plus récemment, certains auteurs américains ont commencé à parler d'une « nouvelle …
Urban Employment Subcenters and Sectoral Clustering in Montreal
Since the late 1980's there has been renewed interest in the study of employment polynucleation within metropolitan areas, fed in part by the move to suburban locations of high-order service functions. In parallel, a growing body of research has underlined the role which proximity plays in information exchange, innovation and growth. So far there have been only limited attempts to merge these two approaches and investigate the degree to which loc…
Agglomeration and Dispersion of High-order Service Employment in the Montreal Metropolitan Region, 1981-96
Much of the recent urban literature on suburban employment centres has neglected the role of high-order services, perhaps the principal component of 'edge cities', in the creation of the evolving multinucleated metropolitan structure. This paper specifically explores the role of high-order services in this process. We use employment by place-of-work data at the census-tract level to examine the changing intrametropolitan geography of employment i…
A Tale of Four Cities
Since the late 1980s there has been considerable interest in the intrametropolitan location of economic activity. A growing number of studies examine in detail the spatial structure of particular metropolitan areas, or present comparisons at a relatively aggregated spatial and sectoral level. From these studies, certain authors have deduced a general pattern of metropolitan spatial development-one involving the suburbanisation of economic activit…
Intrametropolitan Employment Distribution in Montreal, 1981-1996
A major theme in the recent urban literature concerns the intrametropolitan distribution of economic activities. In North American metropolitan areas, the most recent phase of post-World War II employment decentralization has involved high-order services and has culminated in the creation of “suburban downtowns” or “edge cities” that often are direct competitors to the central business district (CBD). In this paper, we examine (1) the extent to w…
The identification of employment centres in Canadian metropolitan areas
The intrametropolitan distribution of economic activities and, specifically, the formation of suburban employment centres has become a major research and policy issue. In spite of an increasing number of detailed analyses of the geography of employment in individual metropolitan areas, no generally accepted and systematic methodology for identifying employment centres exists. Comparisons between metropolitan areas have been highly limited due to …
The Geographies of Producer Services
(2000). THE GEOGRAPHIES OF PRODUCER SERVICES. Urban Geography: Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 170-183
Canadian economic geography at the millennium
Over the last quarter of a century the Canadian economy experienced a series of profound changes which have affected every level of society. They include new forms of flexible production, fundamental changes in regulation at all spatial scales, structural shifts away from manufacturing towards service sector activities, the rise of information technology (IT) and computerization at the workplace, the feminization of the labour market, and, what h…
Similitudes et différences des formes urbaines en Europe et en Amérique du Nord
Je rsiste rsigner mes parapets d'un coeur lger et me fendre d'un triple hourra pour que les highways enjambent l'Atlantique et viennent tout araser, substituant l'Europe des autoroutes celle des recoins et les valeurs-vitesse aux valeursmmoire. Amricanisation de la plante , c'est un peu : l'espace avale le temps. L'Amrique a le gnie du non-lieu, et l'Europe est tout entire gnie des lieux. Ne pourrait-on garder l'un et l'autre de ces mondes, l'Anc…
Centralités métropolitaines
Forward and Backward Linkages of Producer-Services Establishments
Producer services are intermediate-demand functions that serve as inputs into the production of goods or of other services. Despite the obvious economic importance of producer services, research on these activities is still in a relatively early stage of development. This paper attempts to contribute to the general understanding of the structure and the functioning of producer services in metropolitan economies by providing concrete answers to se…
Examining the Thesis of Central Business District Decline
Much recent North American research has focused on the decline of the central business district (CBD) as the economic core of metropolitan areas, and the corresponding rise of suburban employment centres. According to the literature, this trend is particularly evident in the case of high-order service functions: business services, finance, insurance, and real estate services, and head offices. In this paper, we argue that the decentralization of …
Regional Science in Crisis
Papers in Regional ScienceVolume 73, Issue 1 p. 37-39 REGIONAL SCIENCE IN CRISIS: SOME CONCLUDING THOUGHTS Antoine S. Bailly, Antoine S. Bailly Département de Géographie, Université de Genève, 1211 Genève 4, SwitzerlandSearch for more papers by this authorWilliam J. Coffey, William J. Coffey Départment d'études urbaines, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3C 3P8, CanadaSearch for more papers by this author Antoine S. Bailly, Antoi…
Regional Science in Crisis
La Décentralisation Des Services Supérieurs Dans La Région Métropolitaine De Montréal, 1981–1989
Certaines activités tertiaires ont la capacité de jouer un role de ‘moteur’économique. Ces activités du ‘tertiaire moteur,’ ou ‘services supérieurs,’ constituent une partie importante de la base économique des régions métropolitaines. Récemment, aux États‐Unis, des chercheurs ont commencéà remarquer la tendance de ces activitès à quitter leur ‘habitat naturel’ dans le centre d'affaires des grandes villes pour se relocaliser dans des ‘edge cities’…
Producer Services and Systems of Flexible Production
During the decade of the 1980s, regional science began to devote more and more attention to the influence of two phenomena upon the structure and functioning of the space-economy: (1) service activities, in general, and producer services, in particular, and (2) flexible production systems. This paper explores the extent to which these two major preoccupations of contemporary regional science can be integrated, and attempts to contribute to the un…
Producer Services and Flexible Production
While the flexible production literature has become increasingly abundant in recent years, the vast majority of it is narrowly restricted to manufacturing activities, entirely ignoring the role that producer services play in modern systems of production. This paper attempts to explore the conceptual linkages between the growth and the location of producer services, on the one hand, and the rise of flexible forms of production, on the other. After…
Service Industries in Regional Development
Service Activities and the Evolution of Production Systems
Modern production systems are characterized by an increasing interdependence between services and the production of goods. The nature of such systems cannot be adequately represented by traditional economic typologies that are based upon the 'product' of a sector, and that accentuate the distinction between the manufacture of goods and the production of services. The interdependence between goods and services is explored and a more appropriate ty…
Producer services and regional development
Producer Services and Regional Development
Agglomeration and Dispersion of High-order Service Employment in the Montreal Metropolitan Region, 1981-96
Much of the recent urban literature on suburban employment centres has neglected the role of high-order services, perhaps the principal component of 'edge cities', in the creation of the evolving multinucleated metropolitan structure. This paper specifically explores the role of high-order services in this process. We use employment by place-of-work data at the census-tract level to examine the changing intrametropolitan geography of employment i…
A Tale of Four Cities
Since the late 1980s there has been considerable interest in the intrametropolitan location of economic activity. A growing number of studies examine in detail the spatial structure of particular metropolitan areas, or present comparisons at a relatively aggregated spatial and sectoral level. From these studies, certain authors have deduced a general pattern of metropolitan spatial development-one involving the suburbanisation of economic activit…
Local development
Coffey W. J. and Polèse M. (1985) Local development: conceptual bases and policy implications, Reg. Studies 19, 85–93. Although local development is frequently cited as an option within the broader context of regional policy, the concept remains vague. The bases of the local development approach lie in its complementarity with three traditional pillars of regional theory and policy: capital and infrastructure policies; migration as an adjustment …
The Geographies of Producer Services
(2000). THE GEOGRAPHIES OF PRODUCER SERVICES. Urban Geography: Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 170-183
Trade and Location of Producer Services
The increasing importance of the service sector in modern economies necessitates the elaboration of a body of location theory applicable to service activities. An attempt is made in this paper to present elements of such a locational framework, with specific reference to producer services. Patterns of trade and of location are complementary aspects of the same problem. Thus three distinct channels through which producer services are traded are ex…
Intrametropolitan Employment Distribution in Montreal, 1981-1996
A major theme in the recent urban literature concerns the intrametropolitan distribution of economic activities. In North American metropolitan areas, the most recent phase of post-World War II employment decentralization has involved high-order services and has culminated in the creation of “suburban downtowns” or “edge cities” that often are direct competitors to the central business district (CBD). In this paper, we examine (1) the extent to w…
Forward and Backward Linkages of Producer-Services Establishments
Producer services are intermediate-demand functions that serve as inputs into the production of goods or of other services. Despite the obvious economic importance of producer services, research on these activities is still in a relatively early stage of development. This paper attempts to contribute to the general understanding of the structure and the functioning of producer services in metropolitan economies by providing concrete answers to se…
Producer Services and Systems of Flexible Production
During the decade of the 1980s, regional science began to devote more and more attention to the influence of two phenomena upon the structure and functioning of the space-economy: (1) service activities, in general, and producer services, in particular, and (2) flexible production systems. This paper explores the extent to which these two major preoccupations of contemporary regional science can be integrated, and attempts to contribute to the un…
Producer Services and Regional Development
Intrametropolitan Employment Structure
There is little consensus on where and how employment is decentralising in metropolitan areas. However, a number of key processes have been brought to light, and different cities have tended to display different processes: strong CBDs, suburban polynucleation, job dispersal, scattering, edgeless cities and perhaps 'keno capitalism'. This paper explores the distribution and growth of employment at a fine spatial scale. It is shown that, at this sc…
Urban Employment Subcenters and Sectoral Clustering in Montreal
Since the late 1980's there has been renewed interest in the study of employment polynucleation within metropolitan areas, fed in part by the move to suburban locations of high-order service functions. In parallel, a growing body of research has underlined the role which proximity plays in information exchange, innovation and growth. So far there have been only limited attempts to merge these two approaches and investigate the degree to which loc…
The identification of employment centres in Canadian metropolitan areas
The intrametropolitan distribution of economic activities and, specifically, the formation of suburban employment centres has become a major research and policy issue. In spite of an increasing number of detailed analyses of the geography of employment in individual metropolitan areas, no generally accepted and systematic methodology for identifying employment centres exists. Comparisons between metropolitan areas have been highly limited due to …
Producer services and regional development
Examining the Thesis of Central Business District Decline
Much recent North American research has focused on the decline of the central business district (CBD) as the economic core of metropolitan areas, and the corresponding rise of suburban employment centres. According to the literature, this trend is particularly evident in the case of high-order service functions: business services, finance, insurance, and real estate services, and head offices. In this paper, we argue that the decentralization of …
Intrafirm Trade in Business Services
Service Activities and Regional Development
Two general issues relating to the nature of the service sector are addressed in this paper. The first concerns the growing interdependence between the secondary and tertiary sectors, largely a function of the increased use of service functions in the manufacturing process; these service inputs may be either internalized or externalized by a manufacturing firm. The second issue concerns the role of the service sector in promoting regional economi…
Le déclin de l'empire montréalais
L'économie de Montréal a subi une véritable hécatombe au cours des trois dernières décennies, et des centaines de milliers de pertes d'emplois. Amputée de son hinterland économique impérial (canadien), Montréal doit désormais se contenter du rôle de métropole du Québec. Cependant, si les dimensions de l'empire commercial montréalais sont aujourd'hui plus modestes, ses assises sont solides. Montréal n'a pas le profil d'une métropole vouée à un déc…
Locational Shifts in Canadian Employment, 1971–1981
The concept of local development
L'évolution spatiale de l'emploi dans la région métropolitaine de Montréal, 1981-1996
Un des principaux thèmes de la littérature urbaine contemporaine porte sur la répartition intramétropolitaine des activités économiques. Dans les métropoles nord-américaines, la phase la plus récente de la décentralisation de l'emploi a donné lieu aux « centre-villes périphériques » ou « edge cities » qui sont souvent en compétition directe avec le centre-ville traditionnel. Dans un premier temps, cette recherche examine l'ampleur de la décentral…
Regional Science in Crisis
Still Living Together
La décentralisation intramétropolitaine des activités économiques dans la région de Montréal, 1981-1991
Depuis la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, les métropoles nord-américaines ont connu plusieurs vagues de décentralisation, c'est-à-dire de déplacement des personnes et des activités économiques de la ville centrale vers les banlieues : la population, les services à la consommation, les industries manufacturières, les activités de bureaux standardisées (les back offices). Plus récemment, certains auteurs américains ont commencé à parler d'une « nouvelle …
Canadian economic geography at the millennium
Over the last quarter of a century the Canadian economy experienced a series of profound changes which have affected every level of society. They include new forms of flexible production, fundamental changes in regulation at all spatial scales, structural shifts away from manufacturing towards service sector activities, the rise of information technology (IT) and computerization at the workplace, the feminization of the labour market, and, what h…
The Concept of Local Development
Income Relationships in Boston and Toronto
Measures of Demographic Potential Applied to the Definition of Income Regions in Metropolitan Sydney
Human and Environmental Systems
(1979). Human and Environmental Systems: A Geographer's Appraisal. Economic Geography: Vol. 55, No. 4, pp. 353-355
Randomness and Order in the Topology of Settlement Systems
"The frequency distribution of settlement links forms the basis of a linear programming methodology which can be utilized to analyze the structure of settlement systems. The resulting index of system topology is compared to a more conventional measure, Geary's contiguity coefficient, which may be applied when the problem is conceptualized as one of spatial autocorrelation on a k-color map. The index of linkage similarity that is introduced appear…
Geography. Towards a General Spatial Systems Approach
Geography and the Environment
(1983). Geography and the Environment: Systems Analytical Methods. Economic Geography: Vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 326-328
The Concept of Local Development
The concept of local development
Local development
Coffey W. J. and Polèse M. (1985) Local development: conceptual bases and policy implications, Reg. Studies 19, 85–93. Although local development is frequently cited as an option within the broader context of regional policy, the concept remains vague. The bases of the local development approach lie in its complementarity with three traditional pillars of regional theory and policy: capital and infrastructure policies; migration as an adjustment …
Les Concepts de la Geographie Humaine
(1985). Les concepts de la geographie humaine. Economic Geography: Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 185-187
Intrafirm Trade in Business Services
Service Activities and Regional Development
Two general issues relating to the nature of the service sector are addressed in this paper. The first concerns the growing interdependence between the secondary and tertiary sectors, largely a function of the increased use of service functions in the manufacturing process; these service inputs may be either internalized or externalized by a manufacturing firm. The second issue concerns the role of the service sector in promoting regional economi…
Trade and Location of Producer Services
The increasing importance of the service sector in modern economies necessitates the elaboration of a body of location theory applicable to service activities. An attempt is made in this paper to present elements of such a locational framework, with specific reference to producer services. Patterns of trade and of location are complementary aspects of the same problem. Thus three distinct channels through which producer services are traded are ex…
Locational Shifts in Canadian Employment, 1971–1981
Geographical Systems and Systems of Geography
Producer services and regional development
Producer Services and Regional Development
Still Living Together
Service Industries in Regional Development
Service Activities and the Evolution of Production Systems
Modern production systems are characterized by an increasing interdependence between services and the production of goods. The nature of such systems cannot be adequately represented by traditional economic typologies that are based upon the 'product' of a sector, and that accentuate the distinction between the manufacture of goods and the production of services. The interdependence between goods and services is explored and a more appropriate ty…
Producer Services and Flexible Production
While the flexible production literature has become increasingly abundant in recent years, the vast majority of it is narrowly restricted to manufacturing activities, entirely ignoring the role that producer services play in modern systems of production. This paper attempts to explore the conceptual linkages between the growth and the location of producer services, on the one hand, and the rise of flexible forms of production, on the other. After…
Producer Services and Systems of Flexible Production
During the decade of the 1980s, regional science began to devote more and more attention to the influence of two phenomena upon the structure and functioning of the space-economy: (1) service activities, in general, and producer services, in particular, and (2) flexible production systems. This paper explores the extent to which these two major preoccupations of contemporary regional science can be integrated, and attempts to contribute to the un…
Regional Science in Crisis
Papers in Regional ScienceVolume 73, Issue 1 p. 37-39 REGIONAL SCIENCE IN CRISIS: SOME CONCLUDING THOUGHTS Antoine S. Bailly, Antoine S. Bailly Département de Géographie, Université de Genève, 1211 Genève 4, SwitzerlandSearch for more papers by this authorWilliam J. Coffey, William J. Coffey Départment d'études urbaines, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3C 3P8, CanadaSearch for more papers by this author Antoine S. Bailly, Antoi…
Regional Science in Crisis
La Décentralisation Des Services Supérieurs Dans La Région Métropolitaine De Montréal, 1981–1989
Certaines activités tertiaires ont la capacité de jouer un role de ‘moteur’économique. Ces activités du ‘tertiaire moteur,’ ou ‘services supérieurs,’ constituent une partie importante de la base économique des régions métropolitaines. Récemment, aux États‐Unis, des chercheurs ont commencéà remarquer la tendance de ces activitès à quitter leur ‘habitat naturel’ dans le centre d'affaires des grandes villes pour se relocaliser dans des ‘edge cities’…
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