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Assignment: Geography- The Changing Geography of Global Manufacturing

Web Map: The changing geography of global manufacturing.

Introduction

As companies seek the best location to maximize profits in a globalized world, geographic patterns of manufacturing continuously change. The Industrial Revolution made Europe the center of production in the 18th and 19th centuries, but the center of industrial activity then moved to North America during the 20th century. Moving into the 21st century, we are seeing new spatial patterns of manufacturing. In this exercise, you will explore how industrial production has shifted globally since the year 2000.

Objectives

1) Describe where the most manufacturing value added occurs.
2) Calculate how the share of global manufacturing value added has changed in the 21st century.
3) Determine where the largest growth in manufacturing value added has occurred in this century.
4) Evaluate why China has become a global manufacturing hub.
5) Explain the relationship between US manufacturing value added and manufacturing employment rates.

Step I. Open the web map. The map contains the Manufacturing Value Added layer, which shows the value of manufacturing output (current $US) for various years. The map opens showing manufacturing value added with graduated circles for the year 2013 (the most recent year with mostly complete data).

Step II. Based on the map, complete the following table.

Step III. Click the largest four circles. These countries have the highest manufacturing value added (year 2013). The country names are provided below to help you in answering the following questions. In columns B and D, write the value for Yr2000 and Yr2013.Hint: click on the country and scroll down to find the data for each year.

Step IV. Calculate the share of the world total in columns C and E.

Step V. To get the world total, open the Content panel, , hover over the "Manufacturing Value Added layer" and choose "Show Table", (numbers provided below)

Step VI. Scroll across the table, click the Yr2000 field name, and select Statistics. Write down the Sum of Values. Do the same for Yr2013. (numbers provided)

Sum of values, Yr2000 = 5,621,442,993,580.44
Sum of values, Yr2013 = 11,852,724,511,808.2

Step VII. To calculate column C, divide the values in column B by the Sum of Values for Yr2000. For column E, divide column D by the Sum of Values for Yr2013.

Question I

The first row is filled out for you as an example.

(A) Top four manufacturing countries in 2013	(B) Value added, Year 2000.	(C) Share of world total, Year 2000.	(D) Value added, Year 2013.	(E) Share of world total Year 2013.
#1United States	1,541,990,000,000	27%	2,005,988,000,000	17%
#2China
#3Japan
#4Germany

Question II

What could explain why China's share has grown so much?

Question III

Did US manufacturing value added (in $US) decline or increase?

Question IV

Explain how trends in manufacturing value added since the year 2000 differ from trends in employment in the US, as seen in the chart below. Why do they move in different directions?

Conclusion

Technology and globalization are reshaping the geography of manufacturing. As you have seen in this exercise, the share of manufacturing output has grown at different rates indifferent countries. But even as manufacturing output increases, there is no guarantee that jobs will increase as well. Increasingly, automation allows robots to do the work of people, allowing for greater output with fewer workers.

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