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Economic Geography

Economic Geography. Economic Geography…. …deals with how people earn a living and use resources and with the links among economic activities. Economic geographers group money-making activities into four categories. Economic Activities. Primary Activities Use natural resources directly.

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Economic Geography

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  1. Economic Geography

  2. Economic Geography… • …deals with how people earn a living and use resources and with the links among economic activities. • Economic geographers group money-making activities into four categories.

  3. Economic Activities • Primary Activities • Use natural resources directly. • Examples: farming, mining • Tertiary Activities • Provide services to ppl and businesses. • Examples: teaching, nursing, sales, etc… • Secondary Activities • Use raw materials to manufacture something new • Examples: factories (food, steel, furniture) • Quaternary Activities • Process and distribute information • Ex: genetics research, computer programming

  4. Level of Development • Development: Steady improvements in a country’s economy and in people’s quality of life. • Geographers use measures of development to analyze progress among different nations.

  5. Measures of Development • Gross National Product (GNP)-total value of goods & services a country produces in a year. • Includes U.S. companies located in foreign countries

  6. 2. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – Includes only goods and services created within the country. • 3. Per Capita GDP – GDP divided by the number people living in a country. Useful for comparing income levels in different countries. • Ex: US - $42,000 • Haiti - $1,600

  7. 4. Level of industrialization – Industrialized means there is widespread machine power and manufacturing. If not, mostly manual labor and subsistence farming.

  8. Additional Measures • 5. Energy Use • 6. Transportation Systems • 7. Communications Systems (TVs, phones, Internet) • Ex: United States –844 televisions per 1,000 ppl • Haiti – 5 televisions per 1,000 ppl

  9. 8. Infrastructure – A system of roads, ports, and other facilities needed by a modern economy.

  10. Standard of Living • Measured by factors like amount of personal income, levels of education, and food consumption. • Literacy Rate: the % of people who can read and write. • Quality of healthcare, technology level, and life expectancy.

  11. Ex: Ethiopia (Africa) US -life expectancy: 49 yrs 78 yrs -infant mortality rate: 93.6 6.4 -literacy rate: 42.7% 99% -daily caloric intake: 1,858 3,754

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