1. Secondary and Tertiary Activities
World Geography 3202
Secondary and Tertiary
Activities

2. Types of tertiary activities
Tertiary Activity
Service industry.
Providing services for people
Ex. Doctor, lawyer, waitress, tourism industry, mechanic, teacher
Public vs. Private Tertiary activity.
Private service industry is run by private business and requires that a profit be made from the service. Ex. Mechanics, Lawyers, Tourism.

3. The four types of tertiary activity are:
Distributive activities: involves the transportation and sale of all products from manufacturer to consumer. ex. truck driver, warehouse manager, sales person
Financial Activity: involves banks, insurance companies, financial advising companies, and trust companies.
Personal Service: involves a wide range of services from legal services, to food services, to entertainment and counselling services.
Government service: Public service industry is operated by Government and is not for profit. On the contrary it cost tax payers money. Ex. Education, health care, mail, water, sewer, roads. Hence the term “ public servant”

4. It is important to note that many careers in the tertiary sector can not be classified as public or private. A teacher can work in the public school system which is public service or s/he can work for a private college which is private service.
Why does the government provide some tertiary services?

5. Factors that determine the location of service industries
Proximity & price are two key factors that determine the location of service industries.
Location: services must be located close to a large enough market to produce DEMAND.
Viability: services are only viable as businesses if the demand is high enough & the price is reasonable.
Service Availability vs. Population Size.
Larger populations support a wider range of services.
Consider: Health services, Education, recreation facilities, shopping facilities, hotels, restaurants and you will see that the range of services available is directly related to community size.

6. factors that account for patterns in world trade for a selected commodity
Tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy. 
It is also one of the most profitable. 
If your country happens to be located in a sunny area or to have good ski slopes or to have cultural attractions then people will flock there and spend money. 
Furthermore from a country's perspective international tourism is new money coming to the country.

7. International tourism has increased dramatically for 6 reasons:
people have increased leisure time due to available technologies;
retired people have secure incomes and are able to travel;
people have increased discretionary spending money;
travel has become easier and less expensive;
travel agencies have packaged attractive "all expenses paid" trips;
advertising has been effective using attractive & exotic pictures.

8. Landscape oriented (some people like to view the sites)
Tourism
Travel agents see that people are usually looking for one of three different kinds of vacations:
Climate oriented (skiing & sun bathing are at opposite extremes but both rely on climate)
Landscape oriented (some people like to view the sites)
Culture oriented (cultural land marks are of interest to people ex. Athens)

9. factors that affect the location of a quaternary activity
The quaternary sector of the economy is a specialized part of the Tertiary Sector.
QUATERNARY activity refers to activities which involve the collection, recoding, arranging, storage, retrieval, exchange, and dissemination of information.
Computers, Cell Phones, , and the WWW are some of the examples of new information technology which drives the quaternary sector.

10. Factors Affecting Location of Quaternary Activity
People & Infrastructure:
Populations of people concentrated in an area makes the information sector viable. 
Think about the areas that can avail of digital cell phone service, high speed Internet connection. 
Historically, information technology like cable TV, telephones, and Radio flourished in areas where there was a population large enough to support them.

11. Factors Affecting Location of Quaternary Activity
Infrastructure is required for the communication of information. 
The infrastructure has been closely linked to populated areas.  Interestingly enough the development of infrastructure is changing so much and decreasing in price to the point it may change the patterns of infrastructure. 
Lesser developed nations currently do not have much access. 
However, Lesser developed nations are not tied to the old and outdated infrastructure. 
This might be the time for lesser developed nations to build infrastructure and increase their share of the information technology market.

12. Factors Affecting Mass Communications Patterns.
In the telesphere of global communications there are islands and continents of activity and there are deserts or areas where there is no activity because there is no connectivity. 
The areas of connectivity are closely associated with development and you will see that in your readings and activity. 

13. Mass Communication Affects Workplace Location.
As more and more people work in the information sector we may see a trend towards reducing urbanization. 
People would not be tied to an office building if they could work at home. 
Maybe they could work at home on the country farm and submit work electronically.

14. Mass Communication Affects Workplace Location
Businesses need not be located physically near other businesses as we saw with the agglomerating tendency of the manufacturing sector.
If Infrastructure improves to the point it overcomes distances information technology will be a new source of employment and economic activity in rural depressed regions.