Human Geography Jerome D. Fellmann Arthur Getis Judith Getis Jon C. Malinowski

Human Geography Chapter 8 Livelihood & Economy: Primary Activities Tea Plantation, Sri Lanka Copyright 2003 by Jon C Malinowski

The Classification of Economic Activities & Economies Categories of Activity –Primary –Secondary –Tertiary –Quaternary –Quinary Types of Economic Systems

Primary Activities: Agriculture Subsistence Agriculture –Extensive Subsistence –Intensive Subsistence –Urban Subsistence –Costs of Territorial Extension –Intensification and the Green Revolution Rice Paddies, India Copyright 2003 by Jon C Malinowski

Primary Activities: Agriculture (cont.) Commercial Agriculture –Production Controls –A Model of Agricultural Location –Intensive Commercial Agriculture –Extensive Commercial Agriculture –Special Crops –Agriculture in Planned Economies

Primary Activities: Resource Exploitation Fishing Forestry Mining and Quarrying –Metallic & Nonmetallic Minerals –Nonmetallic Minerals Fishing the Yangtze Copyright 2003 by Jon C Malinowski

Trade in Primary Products Brief History Recent Activity Periodic Market, India Copyright 2003 by Jon C Malinowski