Major linkages in all countries connect with urban areas and in a country like Canada, linkages play an important role in connecting politically and culturally diverse regions. On a global level, the world is a smaller place as a result time distance reduction from a transportation and communication standpoint. Your textbook examines Urban, National and International Linkages in detail on pages 183-188 . These sections are your responsibility as the information in them will be tested. Linkages and Economic Development Linkages vary from country to country.
Some nations have highly developed linkage networks while others are very basic.
A geographer named Edward Taaffe indicated that linkages and the level of economic development in a given location is reflected in four spatial patterns. Stage II -resource sites are discovered and developed. Stage III -manufacture of local material begins to increase.