GEOG 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Quinary, Industrial Revolution, Information Processing

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Economic activity is generally classified into three major sectors. Activities that harvest or extract something directly from the earth. Activities that add value to materials by transforming them into something more useful: mining, agriculture, fishing, ore processing, construction, energy production, manufacturing. Came into prominence after the industrial revolution. Activities which provide services to primary and secondary sectors and goods and services to consumers: retail and wholesale trade, personal and professional services. This sector has two advanced service sectors in it: quaternary sector. The majority of a country"s workforce shifts from the primary sector towards the secondary and tertiary sectors as its economy grows and develops. This contributes to city growth: cities provide the close proximity needed for the secondary and tertiary sectors. Growth of cities/regions is based on its exports, rather than its internal market. Basic (city-forming) sector: employed population of an urban area produces goods for those outside of it, resulting in money flowing into the urban center.

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