Major Industrial Regions of the World
The world’s five major industrial regions include the following:
- North American Region
- European Regions
- Other European Regions
- Asian Regions
- Other Asian Industrial Zones
Different factors affect the location of industry, which includes the market, labor supply, the cost of land resources, availability of raw materials, nature of human and natural resources, value of goods produced in the context of various items which are used during production, and supply of capital.
Major Industrial Regions of the World
Industrial areas are concentrated in particular areas because of favorable geo-economic conditions. These are areas in which the manufacturing industries tend to operate on a large scale basis and also employ a large part of the population. The distribution of industries denotes a localized trend in a few areas which are referred to as “industrial regions”. Some of the most important industrial regions include Western and Central Europe, eastern Europe, eastern Asia, and Eastern North America. Seaports and coalfields are areas of major industrial regions.