GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Overfishing, Food Processing, U.S. Route 3
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Economic activity: economic activity i: geographies of economic activity. And: economic activity ii: the geography of primary economic activities. Technological advances lead to increased productivity and less workers. Canada & us (cid:862)(cid:271)read (cid:271)asket(cid:863) and (cid:862)(cid:271)ut(cid:272)her shop(cid:863) Location is influenced by: physical factors, cultural factors, political factors, economic factors. Overuse has caused a decline in stocks. Cut down too many without replacement: economic activities iii: the geography of secondary economic activities. Industrial revolution: series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods. Resulted in new social, economic, and political inventions as well as industrial. Food processing: economic activity iv: theories of industrial location. Site factors: industrial location factors related to the costs of factors of production inside the plant. Situation factors: involve transporting materials to and from a factory. When inputs are more expensive to transport than products the optimal location for a factory is near the source of inputs.
