INDUSTRIALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT Economic Geography Economic systems include: Capitalism (free market) Socialism Communism (command economy) FOUR ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES Primary Farming, mining, fishing Secondary Creating something: manufacturing Tertiary Services – selling a product or service (retail, banker) Quaternary Research and development (GM foods, technology)
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION The confluence of resources, technology and innovation. One of the major turning points in human history. Started in Britain. At that time all the resources necessary were available in one place. A shift in power form wood to coal. The critical component was the steam engine.
Major industrial regions of the world today. 3 1 4 2
In a post-industrial society (USA, Western Europe), manufacturing is declining as services expand. “the core” MDC’S LDC’S NIC’S – Newly industrialized countries. South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong The “dragons” (tigers) of East Asia. Many of these countries are experiencing “compressed modernity.” Rapid economic and political change – stable government and economic freedoms.
Terms: Gross domestic product -- the value and output of goods a country produces in a year (the amount of business done.) GDP per capita: the GDP divided by the total population. Productivity: The value of a particular product in relation to the labor it took to produce it. Workers in PEDS are more productive because of? Value added is figured by the costs of materials and energy from the value of the product.
Theories of Modern Development Modernization model: based on Europe’s development, from Britain until today. This is based on “western” ideas of development. Western countries help poorer countries by encouraging population control, increased food production and take advantage of industrial technology. Economic colonialism (neo-colonialism) : LDC’s are still dependent on MDC’s for markets, financing, technology. New international division of labor: Moving labor intensive jobs to less expensive locations. Less expensive regions USA to Mexico to China
WORLD SYSTEMS THEORY - CORE-PERIPHERY -- EMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN (applicable in industry, development, or political units.)
Dependency theory: Wallerstein places the burden of global poverty on developed countries and their exploitation of LDC’s dating back to the colonial era.
Rostow’s Stages of Development: Traditional: Limited wealth, subsistence farmers, folk cultures Ex: Papua New Guinea Pre-conditions for takeoff: Begins when an elite group initiates innovation economic activities. Invests in infrastructure. Ex: Ghana, Sudan Take-off: Rapid growth in select fields such as textiles. (cheap labor) ex: Mexico, Brazil, China, India, SE Asia
Drive to Maturity: Modern technology diffuses, rapid growth of skilled industries. Ex: Poland, Hungary, Czech Rebublic Age of mass consumption. Economy shifts from heavy industry to tertiary and quaternary sector. Industry produces consumer items. USA, Western Europe, Japan
Site factors are particular to a geographic location. Site and Situation Site factors are particular to a geographic location. Considerations are varying costs of land, labor, and capital, as well as geography such as port sites and viable land structure. Situation factors deal mainly with transportation. (relative location) Bringing in raw materials or parts and shipping finished goods to the consumer or retailer. Right to work states Workers can’t be forced to join a union. Auto factories are located in the central US today to maximize site and situation costs.
Weber’s Least Cost Theory Substitution Principle Market labor taxes Purest form deals only with transportation costs Bulk gaining industry? b a c Bulk reducing industry Input 1 Input 2
Bulk reducing industries: The output product is smaller than the input. Copper smelters, steel mills. Bulk gaining industries: The output is greater than the individual inputs. Bottling, canned goods.
Fordist Industries: Traditional factory manufacturing. Every person has a particular job to do. Very “top down” system. The traditional assembly line. Post-Fordist Industries: Flexible work rules, teams of workers, workers perform various tasks.
Economies of scale Company increases output, it can buy raw materials or supplies in bulk, reducing costs.
Brick and mortar industry A traditional business with actual stores to conduct trade. Footloose industries Aren’t tied to a particular location. They have the freedom to locate in various places.
Exodus of companies form an area due to variable factors. (labor) Locational interdepence involves the influence on a firms location based on the location of competitors. Agglomeration: Several similar industries or outlets locating near one another. (the mall, ship channel) Deglomeration? Exodus of companies form an area due to variable factors. (labor) Where goods are moved from one form of transportation to another. Break of bulk center
Rust Belt Heavy industry has been in decline for the past 40 years. Unions, high wages Population in most of the states has been stagnant or declining. Sun belt Job and population growth during the same time frame. Right to work states, pay lower wages, lower taxes
SEZ’s (special economic zones) or Entrepots Special “economic zones” that provide tax breaks for goods shipped in or out, or, locations foreign factories can be built in to take advantage of low cost local labor. Maquiladora’s in Mexico: Factories in northern Mexico that work as partners to USA factories. Goods are shipped in from a foreign country (usually the USA), assembled, and sent back to home country or exported. Takes advantage of low cost Mexican labor, provides jobs for Mexicans.
Right to work states, lower taxes, and lower labor costs. The Great Lakes/Northeast has traditionally been the center of American manufacturing. Where have those plants been relocating to (if they remain in the USA?) Why the move? Right to work states, lower taxes, and lower labor costs. Auto parts mfgr.
Supranational organizations regarding industry and development. European Union NAFTA The first economic association between peds and pings Friction of distance Multi-national corporations (conglomerates) New international division of labor Self Sufficiency and International models of development. Labor intensive industries Gross domestic product and GDP per capita Human Development Index end
IF YOU LEARNED ONLY FIVE THINGS REGARDING DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRY (from Kaplan’s Human Geography review book) 1. Industry is based on transportation and labor costs. Weber's least cost theory suggests that a production point must be located within a "triangle," with raw materials coming from at least two sources. Weight-gaining industries must have their production point closer to the market. Weight-reducing industries must have their production point closer to the source of raw materials. 2. The five main means of industrial transportation are truck, train, plane, pipeline, and ship. Each has advantages and disadvantages for hauling raw materials or finished products to production points and markets around the globe.
3. Basic industries are city-forming industries, whereas non basic industries are city serving industries. Basic industries are the main business for which a city is known. Detroit/automobiles, Pittsburgh/steel, San Jose/computer chips are just three examples of basic industries in major urban areas in the United States. 4. The main factor in determining an area's development is the Human Development Index, which measures life expectancy, literacy, education, and the overall standard of living for different countries around the world. It was developed in 1990 and has since been used by the United Nations as the primary indicator of countries' levels of development.
5. The core-periphery model describes regions as core, semi-periphery, and periphery areas. It also describes four areas, the industrial core, upward transition, downward transition, and resource frontier. The model can be used from a worldwide scale down to an urban scale to analyze city zones.