WebText- GEOGRAPHY OF
Chapter 13 –
DRAFT webtext by G. Atwood,
2012 --- Still DRAFT as of Oct 1… will be updated again for the midterm exam.
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NOTE: Students of GEOG3600
Geography of Utah are expected to view Dr
Subtitle:
Economics… and the
distribution of resources.
BIG CONCEPTS (several of these overlap with issues of
politics and sociology), DRAFT… :
Economic geography examines spatial relationships of
economic factors such as trade, jobs, and economic development.
Economic development includes concepts such as:
primary economies depend on resource extraction such as coal, copper, magnesium;
secondary economies add value via manufacturing; tertiary economies are service
economies; and quaternary economies are high-tech information economies.
The more extensive and diverse trade, the healthier
the economy. More “developed” economies have trade that goes beyond local and
regional to global.
Economic productivity has traditionally been measured
by agricultural productivity per acre; mined tonnage per hour; or manufacturing
value added.
The geography of jobs includes patterns of job losses
from the Northeast and job gains of the West and South.
Distribution of resources via economic systems
includes issues of: equity, opportunity,
Economic indicators calculated per capita versus per
household result in somewhat different economic snapshots of
Economic health of
Some economies are localized, for example,
EVIDENCE.
Examine these figures from Zick and Smith (2006)… wonderful book, although data
are dated. .
Zick
and Smith, 2006,
Quotation:
Need an awesome quotation…
LINK to The
15 Words of GEOG3600 and version
that can be printed.
CASES:
Topics… Questions to Ponder –
How … and why… has
How will they change in your
lifetime?
So what? How have / will the
changes affect you?
Overarching Goal of the Chapter:
Look at the people you
interact with and recognize how economic issues affect you. … your job (or lack
of one) … your life style, your sense of place. How are population patterns of
MAJOR CONCEPT:
Every county in
Specifics: by the end of this chapter… you should:
Be able to discuss news
articles about
Recognize how economics
affects you, has affected the State, and will affect your future and
Coaching for students of UofU GEOG3600-Geography of
You’ve memorized the Five
Themes of Geography. (Location, Place, Interaction, Migration/Movement, and
Region), now, memorize the five issues of social and behavioral sciences we’ll
explore in Part II of the course:
DEMOGRAPHICS
ECONOMICS
POLITICS
SOCIOLOGY
ANTRHOPOLOGY
Terms to understand with respect to issues of ECONOMICS
Understand these terms and
have a sense of how they related to Geography of
Economics
Trade
Markets
Capital
Wealth
Issues of equity
Consumption
Bankruptcy
Scarcity
Production
Economic productivity
Economic development
GDP – gross domestic product
Jobs / Employment
Labor
Extraction-based economy
Manufacturing
Service economy
Information-based economy
THEORY / CONCEPTS towards an understanding of ECONOMICS
and geography of
FINAL SECTION OF THIS CHAPTER… So What?
GeogUtah
Mantra. That’s the underlying assumption of UofU GEOG3600-Geography of
Understanding leads to a
sense of place… understand
Tie ECONOMICS to others of
the 15 Themes of Geography of Utah. See the web of relationships among
For ECONOMICS… webs will be
immediately apparent for the four other issues of social and behavioral
science. But think about how demographics affects water (the HYDROSPHERE); and
how it is linked to MOVEMENT. Are any of the 15 themes of Geography of Utah not
woven in some way into webs of relationships with ECONOMICS?
LIST of “The 15 Words”
Loc
Place
Migra
Inter
Region
Geo
Hydro
Atmo
Bio
Anthro
Econ
Demog
PoliSci
Sociol
QLife
SELF QUIZ
What is meant by economics,
economic development, or a healthy economy?
As you look around you… do
you see some of the patterns presented as graphs and maps in the “Evidence”
section…
And as you think about economics
and a place (school, school district, community, county) in
Could you enjoy exploring the
following question: Compare and contrast the information of Zick and Smith,
Table 8.2, Annual new vehicle market shared in
SUMMARY: