1. Economic Geography

2. Economic Geography…
…deals with how people earn a living and use resources and with the links among economic activities.
Economic geographers group money-making activities into four categories.

3. Economic Activities Primary Activities Tertiary Activities
Use natural resources directly.
Examples: farming, mining
Tertiary Activities
Provide services to ppl and businesses.
Examples: teaching, nursing, sales, etc…
Secondary Activities
Use raw materials to manufacture something new
Examples: factories (food, steel, furniture)
Quaternary Activities
Process and distribute information
Ex: genetics research, computer programming

5. Level of Development
Development: Steady improvements in a country’s economy and in people’s quality of life.
Geographers use measures of development to analyze progress among different nations.

6. Measures of Development
Gross National Product (GNP)-total value of goods & services a country produces in a year.
Includes U.S. companies located in foreign countries

7. 2. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – Includes only goods and services created within the country.
3. Per Capita GDP – GDP divided by the number people living in a country. Useful for comparing income levels in different countries.
Ex: US - $42,000
Haiti - $1,600

8. 4. Level of industrialization – Industrialized means there is widespread machine power and manufacturing. If not, mostly manual labor and subsistence farming.

9. Additional Measures 5. Energy Use 6. Transportation Systems
7. Communications Systems (TVs, phones, Internet)
Ex: United States –844 televisions per 1,000 ppl
Haiti – 5 televisions per 1,000 ppl

10. 8. Infrastructure – A system of roads, ports, and other facilities needed by a modern economy.

11. Standard of Living
Measured by factors like amount of personal income, levels of education, and food consumption.
Literacy Rate: the % of people who can read and write.
Quality of healthcare, technology level, and life expectancy.

12. Ex: Ethiopia (Africa) US
-life expectancy: yrs yrs
-infant mortality rate:
-literacy rate: % %
-daily caloric intake: 1, ,754