 WHAT is Economic Geography ?

 ECONOMIC pertains to all activities that

men engage in the world over in the
production, exchange, and consumption of
items of value.
 Anything man will work to produce is an
economic item.
 GEOGRAPHY is the study of spatial
variation on the earth’s surface.

 ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY IS THE STUDY

AF AREAL VARIATION ON THE EARTH’S
SURFACE IN MAN’S ACTIVITIES
RELATED TO PRODUCING,
EXCHANGING, AND CONSUMING
WEALTH.
 QUANTITATIVE SPATIAL
METHODS ORGANIZATION

SPATIAL ECONOMIC POLITICAL

OPTIMIZATION GEOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHY

URBAN LOCATIONAL
GEOGRAPHY THEORY
A. PRODUCTION
1. Primary
Harvesting commodities from nature (agriculture,forestry,
fishing, mining).
2. Secondary
Increasing the value of commodities by changing
their form (manufacturing).
3. Tertiary
Performing services (repair, banking, teaching,
entertainment etc.)
B. EXCHANGE
1. Location
a. Increasing the value of commodities by changing their
location (freight transportation).
b. Satisfying the needs of people by changing their
location (passanger transportation)
2. Ownership
Increasing the value of commodities by changing their
ownership (wholesale and retail trade).
C. CONSUMPTION

Use of commodities and services by human

beings to satisfy their desire.
 Where is the economic activity located ?

 What are the characteristics of the economic

activity ?

 To what other phenomena is the economic

activity related ?
1. Cause and effect.
2. Relationships with physical and cultural
phenomena.
3. Relationship within a region and those between
regions.
4. Study relationships in terms of correlations.
 The geographic methods of analysis enables us
to understand more fully the world in which
we live.
 In satisfying the innate curiosity of the human
intelect, geography contributes knowledge in a
distinctive dimensions.
 There are practical applications.
 SUBSISTENCE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

 COMMERCIAL GATHERING OF ANIMALS

AND PLANTS

 COMMERCIAL BIOCULTURE

 COMMERCIAL MINING
 SUBSISTENCE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
 Primitive subsistence activities
 Intensive subsistence farming

 COMMERCIAL GATHERING OF ANIMALS

AND PLANTS
 Commercial gathering of wild animals
 Commercial forest gathering.
 COMMERCIAL BIOCULTURE
 Livestock ranching
 Commercial dairy farming
 Mixed farming
 Mediteranian agriculture
 Commercial grain farming
 Miscellaneous crops
 Miscellaneous animals
 COMMERCIAL MINING

 Selected minerals
 Oil and gas
 Mining : general observations.
 COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURING

 Commercial food manufactoring

 Fiber,leather,and wood product
 Mineral processing industries
 Steel and fabricated metal products
 Transportation machinery
 Electrical equipment ang machinery

 TRANSPORTATION AND TRADE

 TRANSPPORTATION AND TRADE

 Means of transportation
 International trade
 SERVICE CENTERS : location and size

 CITIES : characteristics and relationships

 SPATIAL VARIATION WITHIN A SERVICE

CENTER
 Agriculture revolution
 Industrial revolution
 Communication revolution.