Manufacturing & Industrial
Location Theory – Chapter 10
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Questions
Review
Handling Power point files
E-Stat
Labour
Energy
Environment Issues
Handling PowerPoint
Presentations for Study
• File →Print preview →print what →6 slides
per page
• To eliminate background graphics and
dark colours
– Format →Slide design →Color scheme (light)
– Format → Background (checkbox), apply to
all
Using E-Stat
• No more Census hard copy!
• Educational gateway to Statistics Canada for
education
• Library→Web resources →Government
information →E-Stat →English →Accept
→Search Census →Geographic area →Large
urban centres…Census Tracts
Using E-Stat
• Select data: Population and dwelling
counts
• Select geography: Large urban centres in
the prairies-Lethbridge
• Select characteristics: (click+ctrl OR
click+shift)
Using E-Stat
• Select output format: Table areas as rows
• Counts or percentage of total?
• Map
Figure 1: Density dot map of Lethbridge City, 2001
Source: Statistics Canada E-Stat 2001 Census of Population, Population
and Dwellings Count, 46 Large Urban Centres, Census Tracts Lethbridge,
Alberta. Accessed 16 Nov 2004
http://0-estat.statcan.ca.darius.uleth.ca/cgi-win/CNSMCGI.EXE
Labour costs
• Labour intensive, unskilled
Industrial processes
• Textiles
• Clothing
• Footwear
• Low labour cost locations
• Urban → rural (or down urban hierarchy)
• North → south (U.S.)
• Core → periphery
• e.g. Novatel - JRC
Labour productivity
• Varies from region to region
• Depends on
• Industrial structure
• Education
• Technology
• Capital