GEOG 216 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hydroelectricity, Meat Packing Industry, High Tech
15 May 2016
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Access to cheap electricity e. g. quebec has hydro-electricity, bauxite in. Republic of congo is very rich in inputs but very poor industrial situation. In japan manufacturing assemblies are very capable so all the inputs are imported from aboard and assembled in japan. Also ability of labor in terms of skills or access to large pools of labor which is skilled e. g. bangalore in india has i=engineers and software producers. Focus on transportation, type of land available and capital for investment or machinery present. Pull" of the market (depends on the product being manufactured or offered for sale), Bakeries, pizza stores, banking activities or any services required. Alfred webber you want to locate somewhere where you can minimize the transfer of raw material to the assembly or manufacturing place and then from that place to the market for sale. Look for that optimal location to lower the overall transportation cost.
