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WORLD GEOGRAPHY December 2, 2014. Today Unit 9 (Industry and Service – Economic Geography)

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1 WORLD GEOGRAPHY December 2, 2014

2 Today Unit 9 (Industry and Service – Economic Geography)

3 Unit 9 – Industry and Services Aspects to be examined: - Industrial Revolution (origins and diffusion) - Location theories and industrialization - Changes of industrial production - Modern industrial belts - Service economy

4 Flow of Capital into Europe, 1775

5 Industrial Revolution - Origins - Textiles: Liverpool, Manchester - Iron: Birmingham - Coal mining: Newcastle

6 Diffusion of the Industrial Revolution Mainland Europe: Early 1800s Location criteria: - Proximity to coal fields - Connection via water to a port - Flow of capital

7 Diffusion of the Industrial Revolution Later: Late 1800s Some regions without coal Location criteria: - Access to railroad - Flow of capital

8 Diffusion of the Industrial Revolution

9 Location Theories: Explaining Industrial Location Weber’s Model Manufacturing plants will locate where costs of transportation, labor, and agglomeration are the least Theory: Least Cost Theory Hotelling’s Model Location of an industry cannot be understood without reference to other industries of the same kind Theory: Locational Interdependence Losch’s Model Manufacturing plants choose locations where they can maximize profit Theory: Zone of Profitability

10 Location Theories: Weber’s Model Least Cost Theory Manufacturing plants will locate to places with lowest costs of: - transportation - labor - agglomeration

11 Location Theories: Weber’s Model Least Cost Theory Transportation: - the site chosen must ensure lowest possible cost of: a) moving raw materials to the factory b) finished products from the site to the market - Most important aspect, according to Weber

12 Location Theories: Weber’s Model Least Cost Theory Labor: - higher labor costs reduce profits, thus, a factory may be better served located farther from raw materials and the marketplace is cheap labor is available. (e.g. China, S-E Asia today)

13 Location Theories: Weber’s Model Least Cost Theory Agglomeration: - When a large number of enterprises cluster (agglomerate) in the same area (often a city) - Can provide assistance to each other through shared talents, services, facilities. E.g. accounting

14 Location Theories: Hotelling’s Model Locational Interdependence Location of an industry cannot be understood without reference to other industries of the same kind. E.g. ice cream salesmen on a beach

15 Location Theories: Losch’s Model Zone of Profitability Manufacturing plants choose locations where they can maximize profits

16 Major World Industrial Regions Before 1950 Main determinants: - Near raw materials - Transportation

17 Major World Industrial Regions Before 1950 However, additional needs: - Goods and capital - Political circumstances - Economic leadership - Labor costs - Levels of education and training

18 Flow of Capital into Europe, 1775

19 Major World Industrial Regions - Western & Central Europe - Eastern North America - Russia and Ukraine - Eastern Asia  Each region tends to have one or more core areas of industrial development

20 Diffusion of the Industrial Revolution

21 Western and Central Europe 50% of all goods entering Europe through Rotterdam and Amsterdam

22 Major deposits of fossil fuels in North America

23 Major manufacturing regions of NA In north east, U.S. industries located along the coast for iron import agglomeration

24 Major manufacturing regions of NA New York: -break-of bulk point

25 Major manufacturing regions of NA Today: deindustrialization “the rust belt”

26 Major manufacturing regions of Russia

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28 Major Manufacturing Regions of E. Asia Kanto Plain: Japan’s main industrial region - Almost 100% need for imported oil in Japan

29 How Industrial Production Has Changed Fordist : Dominant mode of mass production during the twentieth century, with production of consumer goods at a single site  Major focus was on the assembly line

30 How Industrial Production Has Changed Post-Fordist : Current mode of production with more flexible production practices. - Goods not mass produced - Production accelerated and dispersed around the globe - Multinational companies that shift production, outsourcing it around the world  Global Division of Labor

31 Time-Space Compression Improvements in transportation and communications technologies (distance is much less important) Many places in the world more connected than ever before

32 Next Class - Finish Unit 9 - Introduce Unit 10 (Human Environment)


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