Summary Economic activity and energy

Geography notes: Section B: Huiman
Environments
Chapter 4: Economic activitt and energt
4.1 Economic sectors and developments
All economic actiiteie
 Create jobs  employment
 Generatei incomes  wealth
 Producei something for: a. iale b. coniumpton (Gi or Si)
 Driven bt the need for: a. work b. making a liiing

Economic iectori and their actiiteie

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Environments




Clark-Fiiher modele economic iector ihifi (in the UK)




Pre- induitrial phaie

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Environments
 Primary sector: leadi the economt  employi 70%
 Agriculture reioluton: exports↑
 Tertary and iecondary: ilowly ↑

Induitrial phaie
 Induitrial reioluton
 Induitrialiiaton of induistries (cotage  mechaniied)
 Capital inteniiie: induistries  mechanised
 Secondary: most important for employment and GDP
 Secondary (peaki) and tertary sectors ↑
 Primary declinei

Poit- induitrial phaie
 Tertary sector: leadi the economt
 Primary and iecondary sector: continuie to decline
 Manufacturing companies moied to
countriei with lower CoP
 Quaternary sector appeari

Concluiione
 Agriculturemechaniiedaway from suibsistence farming (farmers
growing food to iuriiie)
 People move from: countryiide  urban ietlementi
 Tertiart sector dominant for: emplotment and economic wealth
 Quaternary appears: leading countriei inieit in higher educaton,
reiearch, deielopment and new technologiei  to be ahead of the pack

4.2: Factors afecting the location of economic
activities Facilities to keep
Popuilation rates: how
workeri happy
mant ipecialiied
indiiiduali are on that
area: benefiti
producton.