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Chapter 6 barron

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Agglomeration   grouping together of companies in the same industry in a small area for cooperative use of infrastructure and sharing labor resources.  
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Ancillary activities   Economic activities that surround and support larg-scale industries such as shipping and food service.  
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Anthropocentric   Human centered; ideas that focus solely on the needs of people without considering the creatures with whom we share the planet or the ecosystems upon which we depend.  
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Backwash effect   The negative effects on one region that result from economic growth within another region.  
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Bulk gaining industries   Industries whose products weigh more after assembly than they ded before assembly. These places are usually located close to their markets.  
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Bulk reducing industries   Industries whose products weigh less than they did before assembly. These industries are usually located close to sources of raw materials.  
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Conglomerate corporation   A firm that is comprised of many smaller firms that serve several different functions.  
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Core   National or global regions where economic power in terms of wealth, innovation, and technology, is concentrated.  
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Core-priphery model   A model of the spatial structure of development in which underdeveloped countries are defined by their dependence on a developed core region.  
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Cottage industry   An industry in which the production of goods and services is based in homes, as opposed to factories.  
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Deglomeration   The dispersal of an industry that formerly existed in an established agglomeration.  
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Developement   The process of economic growth, expansion, or realization of regional resource potential.  
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E-commerce   Web-based economic activities.  
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Economic backwaters   Regions that fail to gain from national economic developement.  
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Ecotourism   A form of tourism, based on the enjoyment of scenic areas or natural wonders, that aims to provide an experience of nature or culture in an environmentally sustainable way.  
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Export-processing zone   Areas where governments create favorable investment and trading conditions to attract export-oriented industries.  
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East world   Areas of the world, usually the economic core, that experience greater levels of connection due to high-speed telecommunications and transportation technologies.  
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Footloose firms   Manufacturing activities in which cost of transporting both raw materials and finished product is not important for determining the location of the firm.  
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Fordism   System of standardized mass production attributed to Henry Ford.  
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Foreign investment   Overseas business investments made by private companies.  
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Gender equity   A measure of the opportunities given to woman compared to men within a given country.  
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Globalization   The idea that the world is becoming increasingly interconnected on a global scale such that smaller scales of political and economic life are becoming obsolete.  
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Gross Domestic Product   The total value of goods and services produced within the borders of a country during a specific time period, usually one year.  
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Gross National Product   The total value of goods and services, including income received from abroad, produced by the residents of a country within a specific time period, usually one year.  
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Human Development index   Measure used by the UN that calculates development not in terms of money or productivity but in terms of human welfare. The HDI evaluates human based on life expectancy, education, and income.  
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