1. Chapter 18 Traditional Livelihoods of Rural Peoples

2. Categories of Economic Activity 1. Harvest or extraction 2. “Value added” industries 3. “Service-sector” industries 4. “White-collar” information services 5. High-level decision making

3. Locational Factors for Primary Economic Activities --must be located close to the resource.

4. Locational Factors for Secondary Economic Activities --needs to be accessible to the resource, a source of energy, the market, and an appropriate labor force.

5. Why is Detroit located where it is?

6. Locational Factors for Tertiary Economic Activities --Proximity to the market is the most important locational factor for tertiary activities.

8. Locational Factors for Quaternary Economic Activities --Access to good telecommunications infrastructure and a suitable work force is important.

9. Locational Factors for Quinary Economic Activities --Quinary economic activities tend to cluster. Research Triangle Park, NC

11. The sectors of the economy are tied together by its infrastrcture

30. The Von Thünen Model

32. Agricultural Location

34. Small, suburban market One main highway Grid highway network

37. … applying von Thunen’s basic assumptions … von Thunen’s model with Variations in climate factored in--the north is colder than the South.

39. Market gardens are close to urban centers.

46. Agricultural Productivity in the U.S. Corn for grain 3 118.7 1989-1992 34 39.4 1950-1959 108 26.1 1935-1939 Hours of labor/ 100 bushels Bushels/Acre

47. Agricultural Productivity in the U.S. Cotton 5 650 1989-1992 107 296 1950-1959 209 226 1935-1939 Hours of labor/ 500# bale Pounds/acre

48. Agricultural Productivity in the U.S. Wheat 7 36.5 1989-1992 27 17.3 1950-1959 67 13.2 1935-1939 Hours labor/ 100 bushels Pounds/acre

52. Cattle Grazing Labor intensive vs. capital intensive? Intensive vs extensive land use? Commercial vs. subsistence? Sedentary vs. nomadic?

53. Wheat Labor intensive vs. capital intensive? Intensive vs extensive land use? Commercial vs. subsistence? Sedentary vs. nomadic?

54. Rice Labor intensive vs. capital intensive? Intensive vs extensive land use? Commercial vs. subsistence? Sedentary vs. nomadic