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human geo industry
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Agglomeration economies | The advantage of companies in the same or similar industries to locate near each other in order to take advantage of the specialized labor, materials, and services. |
| Ancillary activities | Economic services and functions that surround, support, and service large-scale industries and agglomerations. |
| Break-of-bulk point | Locations where it is more economical to break raw materials into smaller units before shipping them further. |
| Bulk-gaining industry | Raw materials cost less to transport than finished goods |
| Cottage industry | A small-scale, decentralized manufacturing system where goods are produced by hand or with low technology, typically in homes rather than factories. |
| Cumulative causation | A theory explaining how initial economic advantages in a region trigger self-reinforcing cycles of growth, attracting more investment, labor, and infrastructure while widening disparities with lagging areas. |
| Deglomeration | dispersion of businesses from a crowded, central area |
| Footloose | an industry that can manufacture from anywhere |
| Fordist | a 1900s industry model based on Henry Ford’s assembly line |
| Industrial Revolution | A boom in industrialization starting in Great Britain 1700s and spreading globally eventually |
| Just-in-time delivery | a manufacturing strategy where factories receive materials only as they need them |
| Labor-intensive industry | an industry where labor is the primary cost and the work is simple but strenuous |
| Least-cost theory | Industries Locate their factories in a way that they can reduce costs the most |
| Maquiladora | A factory in Mexico that is owned by a foreign country and which exports its products exclusively to that foreign country |
| New international division of labor | The shift of manufacturing of low skill and wage jobs from Core countries to Periphary and Semi-periphary countries |
| North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) | A trade agreement between the US, Mexico, and Canada that helps facilitate trade between these countries |
| Outsourcing | To obtain necessary goods/services for a business from a foreign supplies, rather than more locally |
| Post-Fordist | A decentrallized manufacturing system allowing for greater flexibility that traditional assembly line manufacturing (Fordist) |
| Right-to-work laws | Laws that way workers don't have to join or pay a union to get a job |
| Right-to-work states | States that have right-to-work laws, making it easier for companies to hire non-union workers |
| Site factors | Reasons a business decides to build a factory in a location |
| Situation factors | Reasons a business chooses a location based on what is around it (like transportation, markets, or other businesses) |
| Sweatshops | Factories with unsafe conditions and long work hours |
| Textile | A cloth or fabric for clothes |
| Transnational Corporations | Large companies that operate in multiple different countries |
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