APHG CH 12 Industrialization Readers Notes 12.3
IV. How Have Deindustrialization and the Rise of Service Industries Altered Global Economic Activity? 426-432What do service or tertiary industries generate?
What are quaternary industries?
What examples does the author give of quaternary industries?
What are quinary industries?
What examples does the author give of quinary industries?
Why is it necessary to distinguish among the different types of service sector industries?
What are the two subsectors of tertiary?
When did these two subsectors begin to expand?
What developments are driving the expansion of these two subsectors?
IV A. Geographical Dimensions of the Service Economy427-430
What world-wide disparities did deindustrialization and the growth of the service industry make worse?
What regions were more successful in establishing a post-industrial service economy?
How were the core industrial regions able to maintain their dominance in the global economy during deindustrialization?
In the 21st century, what countries/regions account for over 75% of manufactured goods?
How was the United Kingdom affect by deindustrialization?
What areas of the United States have been most affected by deindustrialization?
Why is the Manufacturing Belt in the U.S. now called the Rustbelt?
What happened as a result of the economic downturn of 2008-present?
Where is the Sun Belt located in the U.S.?
What sorts of industries developed in the eastern portion of the Sun Belt?
What Toponyms in the Sun Belt indicate high-tech and financial industrial economies?
IV A1. New Patterns of Economic Activity 428-430
What new factors are affecting the patterns of growth in the service sector and information technologies?
What major factors influence and shape the location of services today?
What two (2) tertiary services are closely tied to population patterns and the location of primary and secondary industries?
What are the basic facilitators of these two tertiary services mentioned above?
What is the major influence of these basic facilitators mentioned in the question above?
What technology can model the best location for new businesses, office complexes, government centers or transportation connections?
How has the Wal-Mart headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas changed the economic and physical landscape?
What other businesses have moved to Arkansas to support the variety of companies that have moved into Arkansas?
Why do quaternary services such as retail banking and other types of administrative services locate close to the businesses they serve?
What other types of quaternary services can be located far away from the businesses they serve?
Where are many call centers for major transnational companies located?
Where is most quinary service workers located?
Where are most corporate headquarters of large transnational corporations located?
Where are university towns usually located?
IV B. High-Technology Clusters 430
What is a high-tech corridor?
What is the best known high-tech corridor in California?
What is a growth pole?
What is a technopole?
What is the Route 128 corridor and where is it located?
What are the most important needs when deciding where to locate technopoles?
IV C. Tourism Services 431
Why did tourism grow so dramatically in the second half of the 20th century?
What caused a big dip in the travel tourism industry in the first decade of the 21st century?
Describe the major tourist industries that have shaped the landscape and economies of cities and countries around the world?
IV D. Place Vulnerabilities in a Service Economy 431-432
How are service jobs affected by mechanization?
How are places that are dominated by the service sector vulnerable?
What financial considerations helped bring about the global economic downturn in 2008 that is still being felt today?