Hand Street America

Expression related to the Geography, Hand Street America , or “American Main street” indicates the transborder space which extends from Western banks of the Lake Michigan with the the United States until the Estuaire of the the St. Lawrence to the Canada.

Definition

Length of almost 3000 kilometers, this space includes/understands, of west in is, the Agglomération S of Chicago, Toronto, Detroit, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec and adds up approximately 65 million inhabitants. Thus, two thirds of the Canadians and 16% of American strongly live in this industrial area urbanized.

Rounds initially towards the extraction of the coal and the iron ore, the two areas located on both sides of the border developed powerful a Heavy industry financed by American capital related in particular to the sectors of the Sidérurgie or automotive Engineering. In spite of the economic crises, it is still carried out there, at the beginning of XXIe century, two thirds of the Canadian industrial production and more of the quarter of that of the United States.

The development of a transborder area integrated is more recent. Indeed, until the conclusion of the agreements of ALENA, Canada sought with to protect its industry from the competition of its neighbor. Since, the two economies are very dependant one on the other.

See too

Area of the Big lakes

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