Question

Deindustrialization affects the economic landscape of countries. Describe the change in the dominant economic sector during industrialization and during deindustrialization. Explain ONE spatial change in manufacturing employment patterns as a result of deindustrialization. Explain ONE likely outcome of deindustrialization in a region of manufacturing communities. Comparing the development of steel and the invention of the computer chip, explain how technological development drove economic change in both the Industrial Revolution and the transition to a service-based economy. Describe the significance of a growth pole in an urban or regional economy. Explain how post-Fordist methods of production have transformed operations at individual factories. Explain the degree to which least-cost theory predicts the local site-selection factors for the location of multinational service industry corporate offices.

Answer 1

Answer:

a. One spatial change in manufacturing employment patterns as a result of deindustrialization is production shift.

b. Companies may move their industrial activities and manufacturing jobs to areas with a lower cost of labor.

c. Some natural places could be deemed unfit for humans.

d. Facilitating the construction of railroads, bridges, tall buildings, larger ships, and other infrastructure, Powering service-sector industries such as information technology, financial services, retail, and education, all of which depend on the processing power and connectivity brought about by the computer chip.

e. A growth pole is significant to an urban economy as it will attract supporting businesses such as retail establishments, restaurants, and other service industries to the city or urban area on a local scale.  

f. Post-fordism methods of production have transformed operation at individual factories by instead of workers working only one task all day and not being able to perform other tasks in the factory the workerscould now work multiple tasks and were not concealed to one specific area of work, this also made the workers more appealing to other factories and made it to where they could work other positions for more money and could not be so easily concealed for one spot.

Explanation:

A+