Industrial geography is that
branch of geography that is concerned with studying the geographical
distribution of industry, the local and regional distribution, the geographical
components that led to this distribution, and the attempt to plan for the
future of this distribution based on the components of industrial settlement,
where industrial geography works to localize and consolidate industries in
specific places, and for this The matter is positive that helps in the
prosperity of the industry in those areas, including the growth of a workforce
specialized in those industries, which becomes a fertile focus for the
production of such a workforce, and also when industries are concentrated in a
place, financial institutions work to provide their banking services to that
region and also work to encourage the availability of other industries The assistance
is for her because she is aware of her need for it, and thus the region becomes
an industrial gathering that works to protect the rights of manufacturers, and
there are disadvantages of concentrating industries in certain geographical
areas that may be summarized in that the place has become the sole producer and
distributor of this service or commodity, and therefore the security and safety
of that region has become linked to the availability of this service from Or
not, and also if this industry suffers from stagnation or recession, this
affects the entire region and the large numbers of the powers that be. to work
in it.
Intended learning outcomes
The student will acquire knowledge
and skills after passing this course, represented in knowledge of the concept
of industrial geography, its development, its most important branches,
characteristics, classifications, and the most important factors for its
establishment. It explains industrial concentration and its most important
standards and components, and shows the most important major industries and
major regions in the world, and proposes solutions to problems facing
industrial development.
Teaching and learning methods
Scientific lectures, dialogue and group discussion, working papers, the use of maps, and projectors.
Methods of assessments
Midterm exam: 20%
Scientific research: 20%
- Final exam: 60%
Passing score: 50%
Definition of industrial
geography, its development, characteristics and classifications, the first week
Research methods in industrial
geography and its relationship to other sciences, second week
Industry factors for the third
week
Industrial site theories fourth
week
Forms of spatial distribution of
industrial activity, fifth week
Environmental effects of
industrial activity (pollution and combustion), the sixth week
Industrial concentration
(definition - stages of planning for the industrial site - its effects - the
most important theories of the industrial site) Seventh week
Midterm exam week eight
Industrial regions in Europe, Asia
and South America) the ninth week
Major major industries in the
world (iron and steel industry) the tenth week
Petrochemical industries - and
textile industries (cotton textile industry) the eleventh week
The major industrial regions of
the world (industrial regions in the United States) the twelfth week
Manufacturing strategies in third
world countries, the thirteenth week
Industry in Libya (its
constituents, constraints and spatial distribution) the fourteenth week
Discussion of the fifteenth week
research papers
Final exam sixteenth week
Books and references:
- Saad Jassim Muhammad Hassan, and
others, the geography of industry, Dar Shumoa al-Thaqafa, Al-Zawiya, no date.
- Ahmed Habib Rasool, Geography of
Industry, Arab Renaissance House, Beirut, (1995).
- Ibrahim Sharif, Geography of
Industry, Al-Falah Library, Kuwait, (1983).
Note: The course instructor
determines the main reference for teaching the course, and uses what he deems
appropriate from the supporting references.
