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VI. Key Concepts in Industrialization and Development
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Industrialization is frequently considered as the replacement of farming and resource extraction by manufacturing and service activity. This transition takes different forms in different places at different times. Geographies of industrialization and economic development are important in understanding future growth patterns.
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Economic Sectors: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary
The activities of a regional or national economy are commonly divided into five components. As a country goes through industrialization or economic development, it is possible to see a marked shift in the percentage of the labor force involved in the each of the five sectors.
Specialization in Places and the Concept of Comparative Advantage
As economies develop, places become specialized in certain forms of production whether it is in the primary, secondary, or other sectors of the economy. Underlying this specialization is the concept of comparative advantage.
Transport and Communications
Without the ability to move goods between locations, specialization and economic growth cannot proceed. The Ullman conceptual frame forms a basis for understanding the volume and timing of such flows.
Industrial Location
The analysis of circulation systems is focused on the ways technology enables people to reduce the effect of friction of distance.
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