economic geography
Regional wealth mapping
Economic geography is the study of how economic activity is distributed across space—where industries locate, how resources move, why wealth concentrates in some regions and not others.
It examines factors like transportation networks, labor markets, natural resources, and government policy that shape patterns of production, trade, and development: Economic geography helps explain why tech companies cluster in Silicon Valley.
Useful substances from nature
- extractionAct of removing
- miningExtracting earth's resources
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- forestryManaging wooded land
fishery · oil field · mineral · commodity · resource curse · depletion · sustainability · land use
Worldwide economic and cultural integration
- exportForeign-bound sale
- importObtain from overseas
- tariffTax on traded goods
- trade routePath for commerce
free trade · protectionism · comparative advantage · trade deficit · trade surplus · port · customs · embargo
Industrial product creation
- industrial districtArea designated for factories
- agglomerationCollected mass of parts
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- productionMaking or generating something
specialization · cluster · industrial park · assembly · supply chain · value chain · outsourcing · offshoring
National output abbreviation
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- core-peripheryUnequal spatial power structure
- world-systemsMacro-scale societal analysis framework
- povertySevere lack of resources
infrastructure · FDI · aid · remittances · HDI · modernization · microcredit · brain drain
Large populated area
- metropolisLarge important city
- megacityUrban area exceeding ten million
- urban sprawlUncontrolled peripheral development
- gentrificationWealthy influx displacing locals
land value · CBD · conurbation · suburb · commute · zoning · urban planning · slum
natural resources
Useful substances from nature
- extractionAct of removing
- miningExtracting earth's resources
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
forestry · fishery · oil field · mineral · commodity · resource curse · depletion · sustainability · land use · arable
globalization
Worldwide economic and cultural integration
trade route · free trade · protectionism · comparative advantage · trade deficit · trade surplus · port · customs · embargo · quota
manufacturing
Industrial product creation
- industrial districtArea designated for factories
- agglomerationCollected mass of parts
- factoryIndustrial production facility
production · specialization · cluster · industrial park · assembly · supply chain · value chain · outsourcing · offshoring · deindustrialization
GDP
National output abbreviation
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- core-peripheryUnequal spatial power structure
- world-systemsMacro-scale societal analysis framework
poverty · infrastructure · FDI · aid · remittances · HDI · modernization · microcredit · brain drain · import substitution
city
Large populated area
- metropolisLarge important city
- megacityUrban area exceeding ten million
- urban sprawlUncontrolled peripheral development
gentrification · land value · CBD · conurbation · suburb · commute · zoning · urban planning · slum · housing
economic geographyphysical geography
Study of natural landforms
political geography · biogeography · geomorphology · climatology · hydrology
economy, economic, geography, economical, economics, economize, economist, economizing, economists