the industrial heartlandmegalopolis

The Industrial Heartland Megalopolis There are basically seven factors
that must be met before an industry can start to takeplace in a particular
area. Those seven factors are: raw materials, transportation, energy,
markets,labour, capital, and government. The Industrial Heartland is
almost like one big industry,connected in a vast megalopolis. I'll be taking
a closer look at these factors and the way this areameets the locational
factors. The Industrial Heartland is an area that includes: Quebec,
Ontario, Michigan, Illinois,Indiana, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Washington DC,West Virginia,
Virginia, Kentucky, Delaware, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts,
NewHampshire, and Vermont. Raw Materials(ex. iron ore, coal,
limestone etc.) is an unprocessed material used as thebase for primary
industry. The Industrial Heartland has many different mining sites
throughout it. (ex-the nickel mine in Ontario, mines in Pittsburgh, Gary,
Baltimore, Hamilton, Sault Ste.Marie etc.) Transportation is
extremely important in this area. Most mines and mills are located
bywaterways to make transportation readily available for it's transport's.
Coal, limestone, andmany other kinds of mines use the Great Lakes to
transport, which happens to be in the middle ofthe Industrial Heartland.
They usually have tons of material to move so water transportation
cancarry lots of material, it's cheap, but it's also slow. Another important
route in this region is theSt. Lawrence Seaway, which was an significant
factor in the decision of industries to locate in thisregion. Other main
waterways in this region are: Ohio River, Mississippi River, New York
StateBarge Canal System, New York Harbour, Philadelphia Harbour, and
Baltimore Harbour. There is also Railway to consider for transportation.
They can almost go anywhere in thisregion, but they are more expensive
than Waterway transport, and not as adaptable as trucks. Truck
hauling is considered the best for most of the transport. Though the cost
of fuel hasincreased over the years, trucks are still the main carrier of
cargo. Energy, is one of the most, if not the most important factor for

industries. Every industryneeds power, energy. Some sources of energy
are: Hydroelectricity, Thermal electric, natural gas,and coal.
Hydroelectricity is a good choice for energy for home requirements, but
for industry, they need tremendous amounts of energy. To meet the
requirements of an industries power, theindustry would have to locate
near the hydroelectric plant, and there is just simply not
enoughhydroelectric sites. Thermal electricity is a commonly used power
source for industry. It's convenient for theindustry. Markets refer to
trade, selling of goods to consumers. The Industrial Heartland
offersmany places for markets, as it has a large population, therefore,
demand. So, an industry closeto the demand wouldn't have to transport
that much. Usually if their is high request for an item,the manufacturer
would set prices higher to grasp extra transportation costs. Labour-The
Industrial Heartland would be an ideal place to locate, as it has a very
highpopulation, thus having many people, and workers looking for
jobs. Many people live,locate to the Industrial Heartland to find jobs.
There is a widespread of jobs in the industrialheartland-many different
occupations are found there. Capital is the cash flow, equipment, and
buildings of/needed by a certain industry. Obviously, to set up an industry
you need a capital. It's like the starting money of thebusiness/industry.
Stocks are usually bought by consumers, so an industry can raise it's
capital (stock-share in a company). Bond issues and bank loans are just
some of the other waysindustries start up. Government-Municipal,
provincial, and federal government are concerned with theindustry.
Government encourages industry, for the growth of the region. The job of
each part ofthe government is as follows: municipal-choose land for the
industry(make sure it's suitable),provide sewers, roads, electrical lines,
schools, health care, and police protection.
Provincial-setsrules/regulations, so on, for the industry to obide by.
Provide energy, employee-training, enforcelabour laws, safety standards,

& working conditions. Federal-provides carriage andfacilities-finances the
construction of highways, harbours and airports, and enforces tariff.The
Industrial Heartland meets all it's locational factors, and provides many
jobs for people in theregion. I think transportation, markets, and
population of this region has greatly contributed tothe amount of industry
within it.