Introduction to Geography By Arthur Getis Judith Getis Jerome D. Fellmann

Chapter 10 Economic Geography

Overview §The Classification of Economic Activity and Economies §Primary Activities: Agriculture §Other Primary Activities §Trade in Primary Products §Secondary Activities: Manufacturing §Industrial Location in Planned Economies §Tertiary and Beyond

The Classification of Economic Activity and Economies §Categories of Activity §Types of Economic Systems

Primary Activities: Agriculture §Subsistence Agriculture l Extensive Subsistence Agriculture l Intensive Subsistence Agriculture l Green Revolution

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

Other Primary Activities §Fishing and Forestry §Mining and Quarrying

Trade in Primary Products §Importance to Developing Economies §Danger of Commodity Trade Dependence

Secondary Activities: Manufacturing §Industrial Locational Models §Other Locational Considerations l Transport Characteristics l Agglomeration Economies l Comparative Advantage l Imposed Considerations l Transnational Corporations

Industrial Location in Planned Economies §Major Manufacturing Patterns and Trends §High-Tech Patterns

Tertiary and Beyond §Tertiary Sector §Quaternary Sector