Pourquoi Toronto a surclassé Montréal au sommet de la hiérarchie urbaine canadienne ? L’impact des différences culturelles sur la dynamique spatiale des services supérieurs

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Pourquoi Toronto a surclassé Montréal au sommet de la hiérarchie urbaine canadienne ? L’impact des différences culturelles sur la dynamique spatiale des services supérieurs
Abstract
The authors point out that the Canadian urban system underwent a major change after 1960. The city historically at the top of its urban hierarchy, Montreal, was replaced by its old rival, Toronto, historically in second place. Such reversals, they note, are extremely rare. Montreal’s fall from first place appears even more exceptional when it is compared with New York, which has remained the primary corporate and financial center of the United States despite a westward (and southward) shift in population and economic activity. The authors begin by briefly documenting the Montreal–Toronto reversal, and by eliminating certain explanations. They then introduce a model for understanding the location decisions of high-order service establishments and corporate management units (i.e. head office functions). Their model stresses the importance of communications costs and recruitment costs for knowledge workers. The authors conclude with an analysis of the spatial dynamics of management functions (within given industries) in Canada from 1971 to 1996.
Publication
Géographie Économie Société
Volume
Vol. 5
Issue
no. 3-4
Pages
399-420
Date
Juillet-Décembre 2003
Language
fr
Citation
Polèse, Mario, and Richard Shearmur. “Pourquoi Toronto a surclassé Montréal au sommet de la hiérarchie urbaine canadienne ? L’impact des différences culturelles sur la dynamique spatiale des services supérieurs.” Géographie Économie Société Vol. 5, no. 3–4 (Juillet-Décembre 2003): 399–420.
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