ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - industry Flashcards
what does primary sector of industry do?
- extraction of raw materials from land
- growing, mining, fishing etc
what does secondary sector of industry do?
- process and manufacture products from raw materials
- textile, automobile production of parts
what does tertiary sector of industry do?
- provide a service and selling
- education, transport, entertainment, tourism
what does quaternary sector of industry do?
- incorporate a high degree of research and tech and employ highly qualified people
- science, research, development etc
what is a sector shift?
changes in the relative importance of the economic sectors over time
what is an input?
things needed to make or create a product, may be physical or human, money or raw materials
what is the processes part?
the events or activities that take place to make a product, eg assembling a car
what are the outputs?
the finished product that is sold to a consumer
what is a global shift in manufacturing?
- where operations are re-locating to developing countries
what is the primary sector in apple products?
cobalt and metal
- mined from democratic republic of the Congo
what is cobalt used for in phones?
key element in lithium-ion rechargeable batteries
how many child labourers work in the DCR mines?
40,000
- work for 12 hrs a day sums up to 1 pound of work
are cobalt mines dangerous?
- no safety measures or protective gear that follow regulations
- health problems caused from mining + drinking water that was mixed with minerals and cobalt
- can cause tumours
why do they use cheap child labour?
- Chinese and Indian companies profit from this
what are the environmental impacts of cobalt mining?
- tropical rainforest areas being destroyed
- gorilla habitats
why doesn’t apple bring manufacturing to US?
cost then $4.2 billion, because of high taxes and labour costs
what is the secondary part of apple?
- Foxconn, Shenzhen
- has 12 factories inside
why is the secondary sector located in china, Shenzhen?
big population
- relatively skilled
- pearl delta river near to easy distribution
- flat = developed
- no extreme weather
- close to hong kong
what is the Foxconn factory like?
- covers around 3km2
- swimming pools
- dorms
- stores
- 1/4 of working population in the factory lives in these dorm
- near lots of small towns
what is an agglomeration?
when similar companies work together, advantages
what are the push and pull factors of working in Foxconn?
- young migrant workers in rural areas get $2 per day compared to $1.75 an hour
what is the huko system?
migration control system
- can only get jobs at the province you were born in
what are the disadvantages to Foxconn?
- lost of suicides, bad working conditions
- there was explosions because there were no regs
- combustible gases and dust explosion because of cut costs
what is the tertiary part of apple?
everywhere that sells apple products
- mainly more developed countries
what is the quaternary part of apple?
apple headquarters
- Silicon Valley
- its a footloose industry= not tied to any location in particular
what does the headquarters do?
- use highly advanced tech to make products or designs
- employ high tech workers
how do they attract highly educated workers?
○ Good working conditions
○ Located in a good city
○ High pay
○ Good machines/equipment
what is attractive about Silicon Valley that apple put their headquarters there?
○ Close to airports san Francisco
○ Large urban markets
○ Companies clustered together to share ideas: agglomeration
○ Close to beach
○ Close to universities, stanford so they get the grads from them
positives about the industry?
Employment,
Development of economy,
Infrastructural development,
Development of transport – roads/railways/airports Development of skills
Income generation and multiplier effect Increased taxation
