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2012
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répartition spatial développement économique tendances à long terme spatial distribution economic development long run trendsSujets proches
Mechanical perspective Linear perspective Architectural perspective Economic growth Growth, Economic Development, Economic Demography Demographics Perspectiva arquitectónica Perspectiva lineal Perspectiva mecánica Croissance économique Temporal Os temporale Natalité Dimension de la population Surpeuplement Surpopulation Accroissement de population Perspective (art) Perspective (architecture) Perspective linéaire Perspective aérienne (peinture) Développement socio-économique Expansion économique Sous-développement économique Reprise économique Croissance économique Progrès économiqueCiter ce document
Jean-Marie Grether et al., « L'essor et le déclin de l'Occident : une perspective géographique », Revue d'économie du développement, ID : 10670/1.ok1ucs
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This paper proposes a new representation of the worldwide distribution of human population and economic activity over two millennia. Combining the Maddison and the G-Econ databases, it tracks the evolution of the world’s demographic and economic centers of gravity during the 12010 period. The distributional and temporal patterns that emerge are clear and contrasted, with a stable East-Asian predominance during the first eighteen centuries, followed by a boomerang-like westward shift during the last two centuries. New turning points are identified, suggesting that the reversal of the Western shift occurred as early as the 1920s in demographic terms and in the 1950s in economic ones.