Explain the spatial pattern of economic activity in Hong Kong

Urban and suburban functionsInternal Structure of CBD

Informal SectorCauses and Effects of Movement of Retailing, Service and

Manufacturing Activities

During this lesson you will need to listen and take effective notes….

• Headings• Bold and underline• Bullet points• Clear sections• Summarise

Economic Activity in HK – A Google Search

• Industry= all forms of economic activity;

• Primary (fishing, farming, mining, forestry)• Secondary (manufacturing and construction)• Tertiary (administration, retailing, transport)• Quaternary (high-technology, IT/knowledge)

KEYWORD

Some key factors influencing location of industry

• Space• Accessibility• Room for expansion• Labour force• Quality of environment• Cost• Access to market

Key locational patterns – WHY?

• What type of industry would you expect to see in:

• CBD• Inner City• Suburban areas

SKILLS CHALLENGE

• 10 minutes

• Using the HK maps provided, locate different types of industry

• Include map evidence.• Suggest reasons for location

Type of industry and reason for location?

• Docks, import yards and processing facilities;• Lai Chi Kok, Hung Hom, Kennedy town through to Wanchai along the

Northern coast, Tsing Yi, down from Tai Kok Tsui behind the typhoon shelter.

• Oil refinery and ship building;• Southern part of Tsing Yi.• Manufacturing factories;• Aberdeen (multistory factories), Kwun Tong+ Kowloon Bay (formally

airport, includes large warehouses), Tuen Mun, Chai Wan, Shun Kei Wan.• Science/cyber parks;• Cyberport, also between Sha Tin and Tai Po and see website

http://www.hkstp.org/HKSTPC/en_html/en_corporation1_2.jsp • Retail;• Causeway Bay, Harbour City TST• Banking and Commercial;• Wanchai through to Central and Mid-levels

LOCATION OF HONG KONG’S INDUSTRY

Social servicesWholesale services

Light manufacturing

Public administrationSmaller shops

Theatres and cinemas

Offices e.g. insurance, solicitors

Core sales and servicesTransport terminals and multi-storey car parks

Department stores Specialist shops

High rise office blocks

Commercial offices e.g. banks

Education

Zone of assimilation

Zone of discard

Core Periphery/frame model

The vertical city?

Informal industry – Where and why?

Changing Patterns…Outward Movement

Changing patterns…Reversing the decline…Inward movement…Brownfield sites

Some key factors influencing patterns in Hong Kong

• Topography and space• Land reclamation• Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and the

Pearl River Delta (the toy industry)• New Town development• Urban renewal• Opportunity• Density of population

Now return to the title:

• Explain the spatial pattern of economic activity in Hong Kong

• Urban and suburban functions• Internal Structure of CBD• Informal Sector• Causes and Effects of Movement of Retailing, Service and

Manufacturing Activities

The format…

• Up to you….• Annotated map?

• Essay?• Located images that are annotated?

• Flow diagram?