Unit 7: Economics (Industrial and Economic Development Patterns and Processes) Flashcards
Expansion Diffusion
Series of innovations spreads outwards but remains strong in original place.
Relocation Diffusion
Spread of ideas or innovations through movement of people
Why was the diffusion of the Industrial Revolution was delayed for certain countries?
-Political/Economical conditions
-Availability of resources
Describe each Industrial Revelution.
(Time, related to what?)
First I.R: 18th-19th century, powered by steam, coal, and water power. Focused on textile, iron, and coal industries.
Second I.R: 19th Century, powered by electricity and internal combustion engine, focused on steel, automobile, and information tech systems.
Third I.R: After WWII (1950+),
reliance on electronics and information tech systems, and by automation of production processes.
Fourth I.R: Now, growth of robotics, information, biomedical industries
What are the 3 economic sectors? Sub-sectors? Describe each’s role.
Primary: extracting raw materials, food, gas, oil, and metal productions.
Secondary: Production of goods used from raw materials. Manufacturing, processing, construction, etc.
Tertiary: Provides services. Transportation, storage, marketing, selling of goods.
Sub-sectors:
Quaternary: work that process and handle information and environmental technology. (Government, libraries, education, research)
Quinary: Top leaders. High education, leader of all important things. (Government, science, universities, health care, medicine.)
People with small industrialization are…
Mostly agricultural, poor, “underdeveloped”
Describe each type of economical country
Peripheral: Main focus is primary sector, usually poor, underdeveloped
Semi-periphery: focus is secondary sector. Supplies cheap labor.
Core: Focus is tertiary and services. Strong second sector. Developed the most. Employment is mostly in Tertiary sector.
Gross Domestic Process (GDP)
Total value of all goods and services produced by a countries citizens and companies within the country for one year
Dual economies
Two distinct divisions of economy across the economic sectors.
Profit
Money that remains after costs have been subtracted from revenues. Money Earned
Weber’s Least Cost Theory
Companies focus on three factors to set location up. Transportation, labor, and degree of Agglomeration. Weight gaining industries have their production point close to market and vice versa.
Agglomeration
Advantage for companies in the same or similar industries in locating near each other.
Break of Bulk Points
Smarter to break down raw materials into smaller units before shipping.
Is a location where transfer among transportation modes is possible. (Seaports and airports)
Bulk-Reducing Industry
Raw materials cost more to transport than finished goods. Industry closer to raw material.
Bulk-Gaining Industry
Raw materials cost less to transport than finished goods.
Industry closer to market.
Limitations to Least Cost Theory
Markets are everywhere, tariffs, quotas, new vehicles for transport, goods have changed volume, higher wagers needed, higher skill needed.
Industrial Park
collection of manufacturing facilities
Gross Domestic Process (GDP)
Total value of all goods and services produced by a countries citizens and companies within the country for one year
Gross National Income (GNI)
Per capita the total value of goods and services globally produced by a country in a year divided by a countries population.
Describe both Economic sectors
Formal Sector: Government supervision, taxed, protected (Business, enterprise, etc)
Informal Sector: Any part of economy outside of government monitoring. (Street vendors, cleaning, etc)
Measures of Development
Use of fossil fuels, fertility rates, infant mortality rates, life expectancy, literacy rates, school enrollment rate, access to health care.
Human Development Index (HDI)
determines overall levels of development of country. Uses health, education, economic dimensions to measure.
Parity
Balance between two groups of people
Equality
Same levels of resources and opportunities for everyone
Equity
Fairness, lack of resources affects undeserved people, groups, or communities.
Gender Development Index (GDI)
-Calculates gender disparity in three basic dimensions of development.
-Compares level of development between sexes.
-Same measures as HDI
-High GDI means both sexes achieved high development and vice versa.
Gender Inequality Index
Calculates inequality
Women’s Empowerment
Women’s options and access to participate fully in social and economical sphere of society.
Labor-Market Participation
measures and economy’s active labor force, calculated by taking sum of all employed workers and dividing by working age population
Gender Roles
The excepted or normal roles that genders do.