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After reading and studying this chapter, you should be able to:
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Describe the components of the space economy. |
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State and explain the principles of location. |
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Distinguish between material orientation and market orientation. |
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Discuss how transportation affects industrial location strategies. |
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Explain and compare the major theories of industrial location. |
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Discuss the impact on industrial location of agglomeration economies, just-in-time or flexible production, and comparative advantage. |
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Describe the pattern of manufacturing in Anglo America, Western, Central, or Eastern Europe, and Eastern Asia. |
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Explain the spatial pattern of the high tech sector of the global economy. |
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Discuss the growth and location of tertiary, quaternary, and quinary industries. |