Industrial Systems

IGCSE Geography candidates should be able to

- Classify industries into primary, secondary and tertiary.
- Describe and explain how the proportions employed in primary, secondary and tertiary industries differ in LEDCs and MEDCs and may change with time and level of development.
- Describe and identify the influence of inputs on the processes and outputs (products and waste) of industrial systems.
- Describe and explain the factors influencing the distribution and location of high technology industries and one other manufacturing/ processing industry. Distribution should be studied on a global/ national scale. Study should also be made of particular zones and/or industrial plants with respect to locational and siting factors.