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The Changing Nature of Economic Activity

Category: A-Level Geography

"Primary, secondary and tertiary economic activities have changed and continue to change. ...we will examine the causes and effects of some of these changes and a number of brief case studies will be outlined. ... we will look at how the different types of economic activity are increasingly being integrated as, inexorably, the world moves towards a global economy." (Introduction)

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Topics covered include:

Chapter 1: Agriculture; changes; agriculture in Brittany.

Chapter 2: Manufacturing industry; changes and their consequences; iron and steel industry in the UK.

Chapter 3: Tourism; changes; Butler's model of evolution of tourist areas; tourism in Nepal.

Chapter 4: Integrated industry; globalisation; multinational corporations; case study of Cargill.

The Author

Stephen Roulston, B.Ed, MA, D.Phil, taught Geography briefly at Foyle and Londonderry College, and then moved to Ballymena Academy, becoming Head of Department there. In 1998 he took up a position as the Geography Field Officer with NEELB. He now works with C2k as a Learning NI Development Consultant.

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Sample Pages

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