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Prologue
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overview of factors
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Types of industries
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1.
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Factor: River
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Paper-Pulp Industry
Commercial fishing
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(Europe+America) VS Asia
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VS Southern Hemisphere
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Norway
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Japan
Mock Questions
Prologue
UPSC has included certain topics of World Geography in the new syllabus of general studies
(Mains) paper. So, lets start with one of the less boring topic= the factors responsible for the
location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world
(including India)
In most geography related books (or webpages), the industrial location topic is finished
around a few paragraphs, citing a few clichd examples of raw material, transport, market
and labor. But given UPSCs backbreaking moveTM, such content is neither exhaustive nor
sufficient for the Mains level questions. Therefore, Im compiling some wisdom scattered in
other books/sources viz.
Book
chapters
4-18
3-15
8- 16
Economic and Social geography by R.Knowles (aka Rupa made easy series)
13-15
11
2-10
8-11
overview of factors
Well examine these factors in detail for each industry, but here is some food for thought:
There are three places you can setup an industry
1. near raw material site
2. near market
3. In between ^them two: depending on transport, energy and labour convenience.
Nature of
raw material
energy
transport
labor
Sierra Leone is famous for rough diamonds but not for jewelry, why?
Largest assembly for iPhone is in China and not in US, why?
market
demand
Government
policy
Capital
Even after local coal-iron resources are depleted, the steel and heavy
engineering industry doesnt frequently shift its location, why?
How does Canadian winter help in commercial exploitation of timber?
Physical
geography
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Therefore most pulp mill and saw-mills are located near the jungles to reduce the cost of
transporting waste matter.
Factor: River
Even in jungles, theyre located near rivers and streams because Logs=bulky and awkward
to transport. Rivers provide cheap and convenient mode of transport. E.g. Myanmar, the
teak logs are floated down the Irrawadi river upto Yangon and then exported.
The paper/pulp mills require clean water free from chemical/pollutants. This is one the
reason why they were setup in forest locations away from polluted rivers.
Factor: River direction
towards market
Southern Canada, Sweden,
Finland, Himalayas
of final market=keeps
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/97816112@N02/9350524637/)
In Canada, lumbering is a large-scale organized activity because of following reasons
Transport
Labour
Market
temperate: opportunities
trees of same species concentrated in a
particular area=easy to exploit on
commercial scale
tropical: challenges
In tropical areas some tree-species are
extremely valuable, but they are scattered
This heterogeneous supply of timber= cost
of gathering is high.
Valuable trees are scattered throughout
Paper-Pulp Industry
Canada is one of the largest newsprint producer of the world.
Its Qubec and Ontario provinces= largest concentration of paper-pulp industries, Why?
Geographical factors affecting location of Paper industry
Raw
material
Transport
Energy
Labour
Market
Britain
Raw
material
Its timber output is negligible but still a major paper-producer thanks to pulpimports from Sweden and Canada..
Mills located @coastal areas, to process imported material (=less transport
cost) Example Mill near Thames estuary, Manchester Ship canal.
Transport
Manchester into a port for textile business but then Manchester textile
industry declined due to competition from Cheaper Asian garments.).
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/97816112@N02/9350524913/)
near raw
material
near
market
In the next article, well see the location factors affecting fishing industry Click me
(http://mrunal.org/2013/07/geography-location-factors-commercial-fishing-industry-americaeurope-norway-japan.html) and then simutelnously mock question related to both industries.
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