APHG Development- process of improving the living conditions and material wealth of people in a country

Rostow's Model

Core Periphery Model- Wallerstein, WORLD SYSTEMS THEORY, core exploits the periphery, core has most influence on global economy

HDI

IHDI

GII

GDI

GNI

GDP

Education

Mean Years

Expected Years

Occupation Sectors

Primary

Secondary

Fordist Production

Post-Fordism

Tertiary

Quaternary

Quinary

Resources

Renewable Energy

Wind

Solar

Hydrothermal

Biomass

Nonrenawable

Coal

Petroleum

Natural Gas

Nuclear

Fission

Fusion

Potential Reserve

Proven Reserve

Industry- production of goods or services in an economy

Bulk reducing- near inputs, final product weighs less than inputs, ex: copper mining, logging

Bulk Gaining- near markets, the final product weighs more than the inputs, ex: beverage bottling

Site Factors- factors affecting loc. of industry based on factors related to loc., LABOR, LAND, CAPITAL

Situation Factors- factors determining loc. of a industry based on transport consts

Pollution

Point-Source

Smog

Recycling

Right to Work Laws- people can work without having to join a union, mostly southern states, lower wages

Weber's Least Cost Theory- why businesses locate in certain areas, , 3 factors: labor cost, transport costs, and agglomeration

Agglomeration- clustering of similar services in an area, usually to share resources/ customers, ex: Town Center, Wall Street in NYC

Deagglomeration- when an area has too many similar industries, saturated market

Stage 1- Traditional Society

S2- Precond. for Takeoff

S3- Takeoff

S4- Drive to Maturity

S5- Age of Mass Consumption

4 Asian Tigers

OPEC

Self Sufficiency Model-

WTO-

Industrialization

Productivity

Value Added

Post- Fordist Production

Fair Trade

Co-op

NAFTA- North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement, US,Canada, and Mexico, eliminate tariffs/ trade barriers, lead to much outsourcing to Mexico and creation of maquiladoras

PPP

Outsourcing- a company turns over much of the responsibility for production to independent suppliers

New International Division of Labor- transfer of some types of jobs (low wage and experience) from more developed countries to less developed countries

Vertical Inegration

Geothermal

Greenhouse Effect

Truck- best for one day trips, most versitile

Ship- slowest, must be near ports, one of cheapest

Train- best for trips over a day, confined to railways

Plane- fastest, most expensive

Just-In-Time Delivery- shipment of parts and materials to arrive at a loc. just before they're needed, ex: Amazon

Maquiadoras- manufacturing plants near the US/Mexico border, owned by US companies, workers in Mexico cheaper and close to US markets

Export Processing Zone- areas within LDCs, offer incentives and a barrier-free environment to promote economic growth, attracting foreign investment for export production, ex: Maquiladoras