Industrial and Economic Development



Unit Outline

I.  Dynamic Patterns of the Space Economy
	A.  Categories of Economic Activities
	B.  Comparative Advantage

II.  How Did Industrialization Originate and Diffuse
	A.  Industrial Revolution (Spatial)
	B.  Diffusion of Industry

III.  Factors Influencing the Location of Industry
	A.  Site Factors
		1.  Labor, Capital, Land, Raw Materials
		2.  Substitution Principle
		3.  Principles of Location
			a.  Spatially Fixed Costs
			b.  Spatially Variable Costs
	B.  Situation Factors
		1. Locational Interdependence
		2.  Bulk Reducing Industry
		3.  Bulk Gaining Industry
		4.  Break of Bulk Points
		5.  Locational Interdependence Theory
		6.  Perishable Products
		7.  Single Market Manufacturers
		8.  Weber's Least Cost Theory
		9.  Industry

IV.  Distribution of Industry Worldwide
	A.  Regional Analysis of Industrialization
	B.  High Tech Patterns
	C.  Multinationals

V.  Effects of Industrialization On Culture and the Environment
	A.  Benefits
		1.  Infrastructure
		2.  Health Care
		3.  Standard of Living
		4.  Goal of Developing Countries
	B.  Costs
		1.  Resource Problems
			a.  Extra Resources Used
			b.  Non-Renewable/Renewable
			c.  Fossil Fuels
				i.  Finite
				ii.  Uneven Distribution
				iii.  Supply
				iv.  Extraction
				v.  Consumption
				vi.  Control
				vii.  Safety
			d.  Pollution, Land Degradation
			e.  Waste
	C.  Cultural Locational Patterns
		1.  Wealth/Poverty in Terms of Industry
		2.  Westernization

VI.  Development
	A.  Core Periphery Argument (Global Scale)
		1.  North/South (Brandt Line)
	B.  Dependency Theory
	C.  Indicators of Development
		1.  Non-Economic Measures
	D.  Theories of Economic Development
		1.  Rostow's Model of Economic Development
		2.  Big Push Theory- Financing Development
			a.  "Help" Countries Take Off
			b.  Kennedy & Peace Corps Example
	E.  Self-Sufficiency
	F.  International  Trade
	G.  Tourism (Spain's Economic Miracle)

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