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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