Principles of Geography GEO 100

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Principles of GeographyGEO 100

• Chapter 10 - Economic Geography
• St. Charles Community College
• Ellen Wilson

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Is economic success randomly distributed around
the globe?
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Poverty
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What can change our ability to make money

• Physical Landscape
• Cultural Landscape
• Political Leadership

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Sectors of Economic Activity

• Never drop a level, just change percent working
  in each

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Primary Sector Subsistence Level
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Primary - Agriculture

• Commercial

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Changes in Primary

• Green Revolution

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Primary Model of Von Thünens Rings
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Secondary

• Add value to Primary

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Secondary

• Variation of Levels

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Alfred Webers Least Cost Model

• Determines location
• Agglomeration
• Transportation

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Comparative Advantage

• Pull or draw of mfg location due to notable cost
  advantage
• Can buy something somewhere else cheaper than you
  can make it at home
• Maquiladoras

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Tertiary
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Quaternary
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Quinary
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Change over time
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Global Economics
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Economic Sector affect on area

• Cultural
• Educational
• Political
• Interaction potential
• Level of technology
• Connection to M.D.T

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What the sectors can indicate

• Change in profit
• Change in job duties
• Location of jobs
• Change in education requirements
• Change in infrastructure
• Indicator of level of development
• Occurs at different scales

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• Questions??