The Great Lakes Global Freight Gateway Project: Detroit to Halifax
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Introduction The industrial Midwest has been on a decline for the past four decades. Many companies have left Southeastern Michigan to produce goods elsewhere. When these companies moved their operations to other cities, much of the population in the region moved also. These people left to seek job opportunities in other urban areas. When industries and people leave an area, the infrastructure is often left behind. Buildings, land, and infrastructure remain vacant in Detroit +because of this exodus from the region. The framework of the region largely resembles the period before Detroit was incorporated as a city aside from the infrastructure that has been left behind. The availability of existing infrastructure coupled with the new capabilities of the Halifax Port in Nova Scotia Canada, offers Detroit the opportunity to transform the region into an international shipping hub. The Great Lakes Global Freight Gateway Project is a program that will utilize these vacant assets to create an inland port in Detroit and to promote global trade from the Midwest (GLFG3, 3:33/8:46). This essay is going to show how the Great Lakes Global Freight Gateway Project can restore economic vitality to the region and provide growth opportunities for all stakeholders. Development The United States economy has shifted from being predominately manufacturing based to being largely serviced based. In contrast, Detroit’s economy is still based on manufacturing. Manufacturing jobs have been on a steady decline for more than 40 years. Repositioning Detroit from a manufacturing only industry to a manufacturing and transcontinental shipping industry can open new revenue possibilities for stakeholders in the region. When manufacturing jobs left the reg... ... middle of paper ... ...SE Associates. Sase, J. F. (Producer). (2010). Early villages that became Detroit-part 1. [Web Video]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/user/urbanecondetroit Sase, J. F. (Producer). (2011). Early villages that became Detroit-part 2. [Web Video]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/user/urbanecondetroit Sase, J. F. (Producer). (2011). Detroit growth by annexation (study version). [Web Video]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/user/urbanecondetroit Sase, J. F. (Producer). (2010). Detroit: Economic rise, fall & rebirth. [Web Video]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/user/urbanecondetroit Sase, J. F. (Producer). (2011). Halifax to Detroit. [Web Video]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/user/urbanecondetroit Sase, J. F. (Producer). (2011). Great Lakes Global Freight Gateway. [Web Video]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/user/urbanecondetroit
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the industrial midwest has been on a decline for the past four decades. many companies have left southeastern michigan to produce goods elsewhere.
- Opines that repositioning detroit from a manufacturing only industry can open new revenue possibilities for stakeholders in the region.
- Opines that the great lakes global freight gateway project can promote growth by reutilizing the same regional assets that were available in the past for new purposes.
- Explains that the industrial midwest has been on a decline for the past four decades. many companies have left southeastern michigan to produce goods elsewhere.
- Opines that repositioning detroit from a manufacturing only industry can open new revenue possibilities for stakeholders in the region.
- Opines that the great lakes global freight gateway project can promote growth by reutilizing the same regional assets that were available in the past for new purposes.
- Analyzes how the rapid growth of the manufacturing industry translates into rapid population growth.
- Explains that creative destruction is the minor pains that one industry suffers because of the greater gains of a replacement industry. globalization and the service industry have wreaked havoc on the manufacturing based economy of detroit.
- Explains that the detroit region is the median location for midwestern manufacturing inputs and outputs that are bound for worldwide markets. the great lakes global freight gateway will provide manufacturers from the midwest the opportunity to move products faster and cheaper.
- Explains that detroit is an agglomeration economy with strong input-output relations and repositioning of the city. however, this transformation can only happen by using the infrastructure in its intended role.
- Explains that the port of halifax is the only port in north america capable of handling the new maersk triple e container ships.
- Opines that the great lakes global freight gateway can take advantage of the underutilized assets in the detroit region to the benefit of all stakeholders.
- Cites mcdonald, mcmillen, and sase, j. f. (2011). urban economics and real estate: theory and policy.
- Explains sase, j. f. (producer) (2011). early villages that became detroit-part 2.
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- Concludes that urbanization and the problems with it will focus on urban areas or cities around the globe, especially in developing countries.
- Explains that automobile dependence in cities is increasing all over the world from the 1980s to projected 1990s. some asian cities such as bangkok, jakarta, and kuala lumpur suffer from this automobile dependency trend.
- Explains that urbanization is causing traffic jams and housing problems and should be met by sustainable development policies.
- Concludes that urbanization and the problems with it will focus on urban areas or cities around the globe, especially in developing countries.
- Explains that automobile dependence in cities is increasing all over the world from the 1980s to projected 1990s. some asian cities such as bangkok, jakarta, and kuala lumpur suffer from this automobile dependency trend.
- Opines that increasing the fuels price too much will not be suitable because it will cause inflation, but increasing parking cost significant may be a success to trigger people using public transport.
- Opines that the government should develop new towns and territories to spread the population, build high rise public housing, and control population growth by contraception policy.
- Concludes that increasing urbanization in the world has given rise to traffic jam and housing problems. these problems can be solved by several sustainable development policies such as public transport investment, traffic management system, car control, develop new towns, build high rise public housing, and population growth control.
- Describes adams, w. m., cloke, crang, and goodwin's introducing human geographies.
- Describes bilham-boult, blades, hancock, keeling, and ridout.
- Cites chaffey, j., naish, and warn. the challenge of urbanisation.
- Explains newman, p., and satterthwaite's the earthscan reader in sustainable cities.
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