geogprahy notes

Farming is a primary Industry.

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Types of industry: Primary Industry

• These produce or extract raw materials from nature to be used by other economic sectors.
• Examples include fishing, farming, forestry and mining.
• Developing countries have traditionally been suppliers of raw materials to advanced countries.
• This is one […]
  

Raw Materials and Finished Goods both incur transport costs

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Types of Industrial Location:Transport and Location of industries

• Industries locate where there are efficient, appropriate and cheap modes of transport to move their raw materials goods to markets and the labour force.
• Generally there are two types of […]
  

Hon. Patrick Chinamasa presenting the budget.

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Types of Industrial Location:Government Policy and Location of industries

• This factor affects both industrial growth and location in a national economy in a number of ways.
• In terms of industrial growth, government can affect this through:
• Fiscal policy – Fiscal policy […]
  

Car Making and Assembling Japan. Image credit cnn.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Industrial studies: Car assembling in Japan

• Japan has one of the largest and most prominent car industries in the world
• The country has been in the top 3 car manufacturing countries by number of cars made since the […]