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secondary activities
Economic
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Assisted Area | an area that receives government help to attract industry |
| Capital Intensive | an industry that spends a lot of money on equipment and machinery, and employs few workers |
| Enterprise Zone | a small area that receives special government help to attract industry e.g. FDI (Foreign direct investment) |
| Extractive Industry | quarrying and mining |
| Footloose Industry | An industry that is not tied to a particular location |
| Greenfield Site | land that has not previously been built on |
| Heavy industry | making large, heavy goods using raw materials such as coal and iron e.g. shipbuilding |
| High Tech industry | An industry one that uses advanced equipment to make goods e.g. computer chips |
| Industrial Estate | a planned industrial area, often with ready made factory units |
| Industrial Inertia | when an industry stays in an area after the reasons for it being there have gone |
| Labour intensive | an industry that requires a lot of workers |
| Light Industry | making small goods with small amounts of raw materials e.g. jewellery |
| 1. Primary industry | An industry which collects resources provided by nature e.g. farming, forestry, fishing and mining (Take) |
| Quaternary industry | one which provides information and advice e.g. research laboratory |
| Raw Materials | items used to make another product , raw materials come from the primary sector |
| Secondary Industry | a manufacturing industry (makes products) |
| Service industry | provides a service to people or other industries e.g. transport, retail. Also known as tertiary industry (serve) |
| Sunrise Industry | a new, growing industry e.g. electronics |
| Sunset Industry | an old, declining industry e.g. shipbuilding |