Theory question 101
Manufacturing Industry(a) Outline five factors which an industrialist will consider when locating a fruit canning industry. (b) Explain five benefits derived from the concentration of manufacturing industries in urban centres.
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(a) Nearness to fruit-growing areas (perishable raw materials); market; transport (good roads); power supply; water supply; labour; capital; government policy (tax holidays); land/site; security and political stability; availability of cans and packaging.
(b) Shared infrastructure (power, water, roads) lowers costs; large market close by; ready supply of skilled and unskilled labour; linkages between industries (one uses another's products or by-products); support services (banks, insurance) nearby; more employment and higher living standards; encourages innovation and competition; development of social amenities.
Fruits are perishable, so stress nearness to raw materials.