Industrial Geography
Classification of Industries
- Classification of industries: primary processing, secondary manufacturing, tertiary services; light vs heavy
Factors of Industrial Location
- Factors of industrial location: raw material, power, labour, capital, market, transport, government policy
Weber’s Industrial Location Theory
- Weber’s Theory: least cost location; transport cost, labour cost, agglomeration; isodapane; critical isodapane
- Hoover’s Theory: modifications to Weber; economies of scale; spatial competition
Hoover’s Theory & D.M. Smith’s Space Cost Curve
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Losch’s Market Area Theory
- Losch’s Market Area Theory: hexagonal market areas; economic landscape
Pred’s Behavioural Matrix
- Pred’s Behavioural Matrix: satisficer behaviour; bounded rationality
- D. M. Smith’s Space Cost Curve: margins of profitability; spatial margins concept
World Industrial Regions
- World industrial regions: Western Europe, North America, Russia-Ukraine, East Asia, South Asia
SEZs & Technology Parks
- Special Economic Zones (SEZs): concept, objectives, India’s SEZ policy
- Technology Parks & Science Parks: concept, examples, role in knowledge economy
Globalisation Impact on Manufacturing in LDCs
- Impact of globalisation on manufacturing in LDCs: outsourcing, FDI, value chains, deindustrialization
Tourism Industry: Types & Spatial Distribution
- Tourism industry: types (eco, heritage, medical, adventure), spatial distribution, economic impacts
ICT & Knowledge Production Industries
- ICT industries: software, hardware, data centres; world distribution (Silicon Valley, Bangalore, Shenzhen)
- Knowledge production industries: education & R&D; innovation clusters; university-industry linkages