Metric for dominance: tonnes/year.
Topological:layout/floor plan (intra-organizational)
Geographical:location relative to sea or urban centres (supra-organizational)
Cases-in-point:Tsukiji (Tokyo) & La Nueva Viga (Mexico City): ranked 1st & 2nd in the world, respectively.
Hi Akira,
Yes that is deliberate because I am trying to see where New Economic Geography (NEG), will take me with this question. Given that Proper Economic Geography (PEG) has covered a lot of the messy, social, cultural issues. In essence whether idealism/theoretical explanations are possible (more akin to "laws of causation" than "issues of contention"). The two camps and their views are discussed in great detail in the linked resource.
http://www.eco.rug.nl/~garretsen/Towards%20More%20Credible%20NEG%20Models-9Feb2010-final.pdf
Hi Akira,
Your last exchange of ideas got me thinking...I am curious, how does land-locked Mexico City maintain a large fish market (do not know to what extent it is global) when Tokyo seems to proof through history that dominance is a function of (I am simplifying deliberately in terms of the NEG/PEG debate): proximity to the ocean (for freshness) and fish-consuming communities (culture). Freshness is very much a function of distances and therefore transport cost, amendable to topological analysis; while culture is a function of market sophistication, and therefore collective consciousness, amendable to sociological, anthropological, gastronomic analysis? Would you care to share your experience and thoughts in connection to the Tsukiji market in Tokyo?
http://www.amazon.com/The-Sushi-Economy-Globalization-Delicacy/dp/1592403638
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