industrial studies

Relocation can lead to ghost towns. Image credit weebly.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Industrial studies: Industrial Relocation

• This is a situation where an industry which had been established in one area has to shift and locate in a new different area.
• This may even involve trans-border location.
• The industry has […]
  

Mining at Rio Tinto. Image credit afrespost.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: TNCs in Zimbabwe

• Transnational corporations (TNCs) or multi-national companies (MNCs) are companies with economic operations in more than one country.
• Some may have operation in one country but with diverse operations

Structural operations of TNCs

• Anglo-American Corporation (AAC) is a TNC. […]
  

Nestle Zimbabwe and the minister of education. Image credit nestle-ea.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: The Effects of TNC in Zimbabwe

• TNC activities have both positive and negative effects to the economies and people of the host countries in which they operate.

The character and distribution of industry in Zimbabwe

• The […]
  

Banks provide essential services.

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: The role of service industries

• A service industry is an industry which provides back-up to other sectors of the economy such as primary and secondary industries as well as to the people or labour force for them to function well.
• They are […]
  

Troutbeck in Nyanga. Image credit hotel-r.net

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Tourism Industry in Zimbabwe

• Tourism has been the world’s fastest growing industry due to a number of factors.
• This growth has been taking place in both developed and developing countries although growth rates have been varying between countries.
• The greatest […]