The Spatial Division of Information Labour in Great Britain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4138918 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Hepworth (Newcastle University), M E Hepworth (Newcastle University), A E Green (Newcastle University), Anne Green (0000-0003-1583-4967, Newcastle University), A E Gillespie (Newcastle University) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 793-806 |
| Publication date | 1987-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/a190793 |
| OpenAlex | W1998968395 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 20 |
In this paper the prevailing geography of the information economy in Great Britain is examined. Attention is focused on the 1981 labour-force share of information occupations at the level of standard regions. This occupation approach, as developed by Porat, is interrelated with Singlemann's sectoral classification in order to provide a new view of the information-based service economy in a regional context. The spatial division of information labour in Great Britain is identified and its theoretical and policy implications are discussed. It is shown that, despite regional differences in industrial specialisation, job prospects in all parts of the country are increasingly dependent on information-based services. There is, however, clear evidence of Greater London's dominance of the information economy, particularly in higher-order information occupations related to management and control functions and specialised producer-services activities. It is suggested that innovations in information technology (computer-communications networks) will reinforce this uneven geography of employment opportunities, particularly with the further integration of Britain into the global information economy. In this light, theoretical approaches to regional economic policy must embody an international dimension and address the transsectoral nature of information-based development in which the new technologies play a central role
Business · Context (archaeology) · Dimension (graph theory) · Division of labour · Dominance (genetics) · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Geography · Information economy · Information industry · Information system · Information technology · Market economy · Order (exchange) · Political science · Regional science · Service (business) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Global Urban Networks and Dynamics · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
Manufacturing rural geography
The North-South Divide in Great Britain
Business Services, the Management of Change and Regional Development in the UK
Small Firms Policy and the 'North-South' Divide in the United Kingdom
Advanced Telecommunications and Regional Economic Development
The regional significance of knowledge-intensive services in europe
Telematics and Rural Development
Some perspectives on the geography of services
Telecommunications and the development of Europe's less-favoured regions
Regional variations in business use of information and communication technologies and their implications for policy
Small Firms, Business Services Growth and Regional Development in the United Kingdom
The Changing Geography of Occupations in Engineering in Britain, 1978–1987
FDI in US Producer Services
Research Policy and Review 31. From Branch Plants to Back Offices
The information city
Planning for the Information City
Information Services and Spatial Development in the Uk Economy
Information Intensive Industries in Metropolitan Areas of the United States of America
Regional Patterns of Small Firm Development in the Business Services
Inspecting Regional Economic Structural Changes through Linking Occupations and Industries
Socioeconomic Performance in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas during the 1980s
The production and distribution of knowledge in the United States.
Spatial Divisions of Labour
Regional Capital Theory
Crise et inflation, pourquoi
The location of research and development
The geographical distribution of industrial research activity in the United Kingdom
The geography of technological change in the information economy
The anatomy of job loss and job creation
Telecommunications and office location
Contact potential and the occupational structure of the British urban system 1961–1966
The Economics of Information
Information and Economic Analysis
The changing spatial distribution of socio-economic groups employed in manufacturing in Great Britain, 1971–1981
Post-Industrial Society
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,53 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2013 (28) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |