GEOG 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Rio De Janeiro
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Poorest, least educated city in the us. Their economy has been focused on the auto industry - making cars. This is why its important to have a wide economic base. There is a trend between economic rates and unemployment rates. If you lose your job in one industry, you can get one in another. How industries are linked together and depend on each other. Factories that make all the parts of a car. By having industries linked together, you can reduce transportation needs. If one of the lights fail, the whole chain fails. Have negative impacts on non related industries also. Local diner is affected by closing factory. Someone from outside is purchasing the vehicle. Represented as largest share of the economy. More populated cities are more well off and more productive. Rio de janeiro - mouth of the januraey river.
