Chapter 9 Economic Geography: Manufacturing and Services

Tertiary activities

________ consist of business and labor specialties that provide services to the primary and secondary sectors, to the general community, and to individuals.

Tertiary and service

________ are broad and imprecise terms that are not limited to the number of activities.

regional economic development

It does not account for the locational behaviors that are uncontrolled by "factors, "directed by national or ________ planning goals or influenced by new production technologies and corporate structures.

old fashion location theories

The ________ are less effective for explaining the location of high- technology research, development, and manufacturing activities 9.4 World Manufacturing Patterns and Trends.

locational controls

The ________ for tertiary enterprises are simpler than those for the manufacturing sector.

Intensity of spatial interaction

________ decreases with increasing the separation of places.

behavior of individual firms

The ________ seeking production sites under competitive market conditions.

Industrial locational decisions

________ are based not on a single factor, but on the interplay of a number of considerations.

Political factors

________ affect the location decision process.

Supply of consumer services

________ must match the spatial distribution of effective demand.

old fashion location theories

The ________ are less effective for explaining the location of high- technology research, development, and manufacturing activities.

locational controls

The ________ for tertiary enterprises are simpler than those for the manufacturing sector.

Intensity of spatial interaction

________ decreases with increasing the separation of places.

Political factors

________ affect the location decision process.

Supply of consumer services

________ must match the spatial distribution of effective demand.