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Within the vast northern periphery of Quebec, the annual capital almost doubled over the 2000s. This impulse of a new cycle of growth coincides with a slowdown in job creation. Such effects on the mode of development is part of a multi-dimensional and transitional movement within global peripheries requested to supply, of their raw materials, high urbanization in emerging economies. For this purpose in Quebec, the Nordic economic sectors of construction, extraction, processing, and services react differently during the observed period. According to our analysis, four elements are added to the difficulties of the forest industry to explain the actual structural changes in northern periphery, namely: the technological intensification, the importation of equipment and materials, the commuting workers (fly in – fly out), and the low attractiveness of the manufacturing sector. Our reading leads us to propose two avenues for reflection on real territorial development. Résumé – Au sein de la vaste périphérie nordique du Québec, les immobilisations annuelles ont presque doublé au fil de la décennie 2000. Cette impulsion d’un nouveau cycle de croissance s’inscrit en parallèle avec un ralentissement de la création d’emplois. De tels effets contradictoires en matière de développement semblent correspondre à un mouvement transitoire multidimensionnel au sein des périphéries mondiales sollicitées pour alimenter, de leurs matières premières, la forte urbanisation dans les économies émergentes. À cet effet au Québec, les secteurs économiques nordiques de la construction, de l’extraction, de la transformation et des services réagissent différemment au cours de la période observée. Selon notre analyse, quatre causes s’ajoutent aux difficultés de l’industrie forestière pour expliquer les changements structurels en cours, soit l’intensification technologique, l’importation des équipements et de matériaux, la migration alternante des travailleurs (fly in – fly out) et la faible attractivité du secteur manufacturier. Notre lecture nous conduit à proposer deux pistes de réflexion en matière de véritable développement territorial.
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Proulx, Marc-Urbain, 2014.
"Nouveau cycle économique en périphérie nordique – Une lecture de la première décennie,"
L'Actualité Economique, Société Canadienne de Science Economique, vol. 90(2), pages 121-144, Juin.
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RePEc:ris:actuec:0101
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