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Geography, Climate, and Natural Resources San Francisco State University| Michael Bar

Question What role Geography, Climate, Natural resources play in the economic fate of single countries? 11/15/2018

Location Matters On average, countries located further away from the equator, have higher standard of living. Why? 11/15/2018

Relationship between Latitude and Income per Capita 11/15/2018

Geography 11/15/2018

Proximity to Sea Even today, ocean transport is the cheapest. The fastest growth in trade occurred in China’s coastal regions. 11/15/2018

Regional Variation in Income and Access to the Sea 11/15/2018

Geographic Concentration and Spillovers Being close to a rich country is an advantage because of spillovers of technology. Bad news for sub-Saharan Africa. 11/15/2018

Geography’s Effect on Government Europe – many countries China – Unified from 221 B.C. Why? Europe is separated by geographical barriers into several regions. 11/15/2018

Core Areas in Preindustrial Europe Europe: many core areas of fertile land, separated by large areas of infertile land and natural barriers (e.g. mountain chains, English canal). Europe in 1600 had 500 states, in 1900 had 25 states 11/15/2018

Core Areas in Preindustrial China China: only 4 core fertile areas, connected with rivers and grand canal (since 400 B.C.). Easier to govern as a single unit. 11/15/2018 China unified since 221. B.C.

Large unified country vs. many independent states Advantages of large unified country Large market and gains from specialization Unity, fewer wars. Advantages of many independent states Outside competition: If taxes are high in one country, businesses move to the neighbor. Harder to suppress innovation (Columbus vs. prohibition of sea exploration in 16th century China). 11/15/2018

Guns, Germs and Geography (Jared Diamond 1997) Q. Why Eurasia was more advanced than Americas, Australia and Africa? Eurasia had more animals and plants that can be domesticated: Eurasia: cows, horses, pigs, sheep and goats. Americas: llamas and alpacas. 11/15/2018

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Geographic location of Eurasia is east-west, which allows the spread of agricultural techniques and useful plant and animal species throughout a zone of relatively similar climates. For example, the chicken could spread from china to Europe. Geographic location of Americas is north-south. Europeans were partially immune to some diseases: measles and smallpox (come from animals). 11/15/2018

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Climate and GDP per capita 11/15/2018

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Climate and agricultural productivity Rain – in tropical areas very sporadic. Frost – slows the decay of organic material and keeps the land fertile. In tropical areas there is no frost and organic matter breaks down rapidly, which requires extensive use of fertilizer. 11/15/2018

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Climate and disease Malaria – In 2016, there were 216 million cases of malaria worldwide resulting in an estimated 445,000 to 731,000 deaths. Approximately 90% of both cases and deaths occurred in Africa. 11/15/2018

Malaria Ecology versus Incidence of Malaria 11/15/2018

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Climate and human effort People in hot climate cannot work hard because of overheating. Air-conditioning, possible in some industries, problematic in agriculture. Labor force (world) - by occupation: 11/15/2018

Natural Resources Having a lot of natural resources does not guarantee faster growth or higher GDP/capita. 11/15/2018

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“Resource curse” Overconsumption: countries consume more than what can be sustained by their stock of resources. Dutch disease – relying on natural resources can lead to underdevelopment of other sectors, if there are no linkages to industry. Backward linkages - locally produced goods are used in resource extraction. Forward linkages - the natural resources are used in local industries. Politics: (1) big government sector, (2) civil wars. 11/15/2018

Why did Industrial Revolution Happen in England and not in China? Location of coal: in China coal is located far from centers of population and economic activity. Different geology of coal mines: in Britain the mines were flooded and required pumping, which lead to improvements in steam engine. In China, the mines needed ventilation, and this technology was not used elsewhere. 11/15/2018