Chapter 11 Key Issue 3

Changing Distribution with More Developed Countries

Intraregional shifts in Manufacturing

Factories inside cities received an attractive situation, or a proximity to a market, and an

attractive site, or a proximity to a large supply of labor.

-Site factors became increasingly difficult to provide land

Modern factories are more likely to be suburban or rural.

-One story buildings are more efficient.

-Materials come in one end and shipped out the other

-Closer to transportation highways

-Land is cheaper

Interregional shifts in Manufacturing

Manufacturing has shifted west and south.

South lacked industrial advancement in the late 19th century.

Government policies brought industrial growth to the south.

-Tennessee Valley Authority

Right to work laws attracted manufacturers to southern states

Steels, textiles, tobacco products, and furniture industries have become dispersed throughout the
South

Asia

China is the largest manufacturer of textile and apparel, steel, and many household products.

Policy changes beginning in the 1990’s opened both of China’s assets to coporations

Latin America

Mexico and Brazil were the two leading centers in Latin America

Manufacturing clustered in the Burque city, Mexico City, and Sao Paulo

Central Europe
Several European countries east of Germany and West of Russia have become major cities of
industrial investments.