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| ACID RAIN | is rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic. It has harmful effects on plants, aquatic animals and buildings.
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| AGGLOMERATION | is an extended city or town area comprising the built-up area of a central place (usually a municipality) and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.
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| AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES | is used in urban economics to describe the benefits that firms obtain when locating near each other.
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| AIR POLLUTION | is the human introduction into the atmosphere of chemicals, particulates, or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms, or damage the environment
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| ALUMINUM INDUSTRY | U.S. companies are the largest single producer with plants in 35 states producing about $39.1 billion in products and exports. U.S. supply is comprised of three sources, primary, imports and recycled
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| ASSEMBLY LINE PRODUCTION/FORDISM | industrial arrangement of machines, equipment, and workers for continuous flow of work pieces in mass production operations, each movement of material is made as simple and short as possible
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| BID RENT THEORY | is a geographical economic theory that refers to how the price and demand on real estate changes as the distance towards the CBD increases.
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| BREAK-OF-BULK POINT | the point at which a cargo is unloaded and broken up into smaller units prior to delivery, minimizing transport costs
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| CANADIAN INDUSTRIAL HEARTLAND | The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands Southern Quebec and Ontario, contain Canada's two largest cities, Montreal and Toronto. In this small region, 50 percent of Canadians live and 70 percent of Canada's manufactured goods are produced.
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| CARRIER EFFICIENCY | the efficiency of a carrier to carry goods for transport
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| COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE | the economics of trade can benefit all parties involved (countries, regions, individuals and so on), as long as they produce goods with different relative costs
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| CUMULATIVE CAUSATION | the unfolding of events connected with a change in the economy
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| DEGLOMERATION | the movement of activity, usually industry, away from areas of concentration
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| DEINDUSTRIALIZATION | is a process of social and economic change caused by the removal or reduction of industrial capacity or activity in a country or region, especially heavy industry or manufacturing industry.
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| ECONOMIC SECTORS | which include primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary sectors
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| ECONOMIES OF SCALE | are the cost advantages that a firm obtains due to expansion.
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| ECOTOURISM | is a form of tourism that appeals to ecologically and socially conscious individuals.
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| ENERGY RESOURCES | (blank)
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| ENTREPOT | is a trading post where merchandise can be imported and exported without paying import duties, often at a profit.
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| EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE | (blank)
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