GEOG 216 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Four Asian Tigers, List Of Industrial Regions, Rust Belt
23 Nov 2017
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World geography of the economy september 16. Note: lead ta name yannick marchand (for emails) North america, europe, russia/ukraine sea, they would perish. Access to inputs raw materials and energy. Availability of labour skills and qualifications (cid:498)pull(cid:499) of the market (cid:523)depends on product(cid:524) Government tax breaks, employment subsidies power, which is needed for production of aluminum. Example production of aluminum mainly in quebec because of cheap hydro. Example pulp and paper mills are close to timber products. Lots of computer development in bangour, india (sp) because it is close to lots of qualified people coming out of uni. Fast food joints are close together because they want to take out distance as a factor for the customer. Remember relative importance of the these factors varies depending on type of activity involved. Primary activities are concerned directly with natural resources. Secondary activities are processing or transformation of raw materials (derived from primary activities) into manufactured goods.
