Barnes, Trevor J; Hayter, Roger; Hay, Elizabeth - In: Environment and Planning A 33 (2001) 12, pp. 2127-2147
This paper uses the work of the Canadian economic historian, Harold Innis, to reflect on the nature of resource economies and the single-industry towns that form their backbone. For Innis resource or staple economies are subject to extreme spatial and temporal disruptions that are both creative...