industrial belt
Factory zone region
An industrial belt is a geographic region characterized by concentrated manufacturing and heavy industry.
The term often appears with specific modifiers: the Rust Belt of the American Midwest, China's coastal industrial belt.
These areas typically feature dense factory networks, working-class populations, and infrastructure built around production: The candidate focused his campaign on the industrial belt.
- rustIron oxide coating
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- factory floorManufacturing workspace area
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- smokestacksTall industrial exhaust pipes
smoke stacks · steel · steel mill · assembly · assembly line · workers · working class · decline · Detroit · factory town · unions · union jobs · machinery · warehouses · freight · railroads · gritty · blue-collar
- belts
- urban regionsmegalopolis, metroplex, conurbation, metro area, urban sprawl
industrial beltagricultural heartland
Productive farming region
farm belt · breadbasket · corn belt · wheat belt · cattle country
industrial beltwilderness area
Undeveloped natural land
nature preserve · greenbelt · untouched wilderness · national park · conservation zone
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