 |  Introduction to Geography, 8/e Arthur Getis,
San Diego State University
Judith Getis
Jerome D. Fellmann,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Economic Geography
Objectives:After reading and studying this chapter you should be able to:
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Define and differentiate among subsistence, commercial and planned economies.
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Enumerate the characteristics of intensive and extensive subsistence agriculture.
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Define the Green Revolution and list its costs and benefits.
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Distinguish between just-in-time and flexible production methods.
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Understand von Thunen's model of agricultural land use and the mechanism by which land uses are allocated
to different locations.
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Understand the concept of comparative advantage and how it relates to international development.
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Distinguish activities as primary, secondary, tertiary and beyond tertiary and classify occupations into each of
the categories.
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List the major manufacturing regions of the world and enumerate the locational factors which led to their
importance.
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Explain the major locational considerations for industrial production.
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Explain the rise of high technology industries and their associated locational considerations.
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education