GEOG 216 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Technopole, Kyushu, Liao River
20 Sep 2016
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Access to inputs (raw materials, energy: caution: no absolute correlation. Pull" of the market (depends on product: very localized. Note: relative importance of these factors varies depending on type of activity involved! Thinking about the industrial structure of economies i) ii) iii) iv) Primary activities: concerned directly with natural resources: mining, fishing, agriculture. Secondary/manufacturing activities: processing or transformation of raw materials (derived from primary activities) into manufactured goods. Tertiary activities: sale and exchange of goods and services: service based activities, retail, ex. Quaternary activities: handling and processing of knowledge and information: service based, but more knowledge to them. Light manufacturing: consumer oriented products, finished products, ex. Quaternary industries: for the collection, processing, and manipulation of information and capital (finance, administration, insurance, legal services, computer services) Quinary industries: for activities that facilitate complex decision making and the advancement of human capacities (scientific research, higher education, high-level management)
