Lecture 5: Mapping the World Economy Flashcards
What are the 7 key factors of an industrial location ?
Access to inputs ( raw material, energy ) Availability of labour ( skills, qualifications ) Processing costs ( land, labour, capital) ‘ Pull’ of the market (depends on the product ) Transfer costs of alternative locations (Weber) Institutional and cultural factors ‘Behavioural’ considerations
Who are the Mid 20th century leaders
North America (Manufacturing Belt Vs. Sun Belt ) Europe Russia . Ukraine
Who are the late 20th Century industrial developments
East Asia ( Japan, China ) Four Asian Tigers
Is there an absolute correlation between abundant ressources and the level of industrialization
no Ex: Japan has a low level of availability and yet is extremely industrialized. Ex: Congo : high availability of ressources and yet underindustrialized.
2 examples of the availability of labour
India : high level of computer engineers Moncton, New Brunswick : call-centre capital of Canada because of its bilingual labour.
Explain Weber’s Model
In the Theory of Location of Industries, ( 1909), Weber minimizing three categories of costs: 1- most important : transportation 2- labour 3- agglomeration ( if industries are close enough, the engineers in industrial cluster will help each others )
Explain what is the pull of the market
Markleting strategy. The goal is that they consummer will go to the product.
3 examples of the institutional and cultural factors
taxs given by the gov employment regulations environmental regulations
Explain the behavioural considerations when an industry wants to chose its location
ex: 2 fast foods cahin come beside each others bc they wanna remove the distance factor of the choice of the buyer.
Examples of the light manufacturing activities
= goods that are produced at the farm level. No further manifacturation less capital-intensive than heavy industry Ex: paper industry Ex: food industry
heavy manufacturing activities
intermadiate goods that nedd further transformations capital intensive bc large and heavy equipment and facilities Ex: steel ( acier )
What do the Quaternary activities consist of ?
handling information Ex: law accounting consulting, apps labs for pharmaceutic etc
Picture the model of economi transition i.e. industrial development
peak : 1960s
Is the global distribution even ?
no
dominated by regions that industrialized early
what regions of the globe industrialized early ?
- North America
- Europe
- Russia and Ukraine
- East Asia ( among fastesy growing regions )
China, Japan, The Four Tigers
When occured to shift from the rust belt to the sun belt manufacturing
1970
Picture the manufacturing rust belt
New England - boston : what time of manufacturing
New England - boston : traditionnaly = light manufacturing activities ( testile and clothing );
today = electronics
What type of manufactures in New York ?
processed foods
apparel industries
book publishing
What type of manufactures does Pittsburgh produce ?
oldes steel producing centre of US
What type of manufactures does Philadelphia, Baltimore produce
heavy manufacturing industries
( steel, chemicals )
What type of manufacturing does the New Jersey produce
pahrmaceutical
What does the Upstate of Nwe Yoek produce
optical devices
What type of manufacturing goods does DEtroit produce
motor city
