World Geography 3202: Unit 5, Lesson 2- Factors Affecting Industry Location

World Geography 3202: Unit 5, Lesson 2- Factors Affecting Industry Location

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1. Refer to Figure 13.6 on page 223 and answer the questions below.

a) Shade in the nations that are classified as “Industrialized high-income economies”.

b) Using an Atlas (if needed) list the nations that are highly industrialized.

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c) What would be the problem with the following statement (support your answer with a specific example):

Every part of the above countries has flourishing, industrial economies.

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2. The locations of manufacturing industries is base on cost – the tend to exist in economically feasible sites. FACTORS AFFECTING COSTS MAY BE DIVIDED INTO 2 CATEGORIES:

i) PHYSICAL COST FACTORS

Based on 3 major factors:

1) PROXIMITY TO RAW MATERIAL:__________________________________________

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Resource-Oriented Industry:______________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

2) LAND: __________________________________________________________________

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ii) HUMAN-BASED COST FACTORS

- Market-Oriented Industry: _____________________________________________________

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- Market vs. Resource Oriented Industry: _________________________________________

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- Agglomerating Tendency: ______________________________________________________

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- Industrial Parks: _____________________________________________________________

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- Labour Force characteristics that attract business:

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3. Government Influence

Define the following term:

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  Transportation subsidies affect the location of industry.

  - Subsidies allow businesses to locate farther from the resourse.

  - Subsidies allow governments to encourage industry in rural areas.
Examples:

  ice breakers in Botwood;

  roads in Labrador;

  cost of coastal transportation in Labrador;

  cost of crossing the Gulf.

   

  Tax breaks affect the location of Industry.

  - Provinces like Newfoundland have attempted to attract business by offering tax breaks.  The company obtains a financial break while the province gets the advantage of putting people to work.

4. Refer to these notes and your textbook (pages 223-226) to answer questions 14-17 on pages 226-227.

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READ THE CASE STUDY “Human and Physical Factors in Japan’s Car Industry” on pp. 227-228 and answer the following questions:

1. a) Why has Japan’s rise to the status of economic superpower sometimes been described as an economic miracle?

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b) What factors have contributed to this rise?

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19. a) What physical factors account for a thriving auto-manufacturing industry in Hiroshima?

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b) What human factors support this industry?

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c) How does the industry benefit from the agglomerating tendency?

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