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High Technology Industry

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What is high-tech industry?Where does high-tech industry locate?What factors influence the location of high-tech industry?What is a science park?What pressures are created by the growth of high-tech industry?

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High-technology industry involves a highly-skilled workforce and its products require a high proportion of research and development.

High-technology industry is relatively footloose since access to raw materials is not very important. The ‘raw materials’ that are required are usually lightweight electronic components.

What is high-tech industry?

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Examples of high-tech industry

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Where does high-tech industry locate?

The largest concentration of high-tech industries is found in Silicon Valley.

Silicon Valley is the nickname for the high-tech heartland of the United States. It is located between San Francisco and San Jose, California.

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M4 Corridor

Cambridge and the M11 corridor

Where does high-tech industry locate in the UK?

High-tech industry in the UK

Silicon Glen

M3 corridor

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What is high-tech industry?Where does high-tech industry locate?What factors influence the location of high-tech industry?What is a science park?What pressures are created by the growth of high-tech industry?

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High-tech industry on the M4 corridor

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High-tech industry in LEDCs

Bangalore has been called the Silicon Valley of India. Over 160,000 people are currently employed in the technology sector and this number is expected to exceed 200,000 in 2005, which will rival Silicon Valley.

Electronics City in Bangalore is India’s first science park. It is home to about 100 companies including Siemens, Hewlett Packard and Motorola. Infoys was the first Indian firm to float on the US Stock Exchange.

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High-tech industry in Bangalore

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Examination question

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What is high-tech industry?Where does high-tech industry locate?What factors influence the location of high-tech industry?What is a science park?What pressures are created by the growth of high-tech industry?

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A science park is a planned industrial complex which contains quaternary companies while a business park can also contain manufacturing companies.

Business park

Science park

What is a science park?

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Cambridge Science Park

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What is high-tech industry?Where does high-tech industry locate?What factors influence the location of high-tech industry?What is a science park?What pressures are created by the growth of high-tech industry?

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Trinity CollegeLocal residents in MiltonLogatech (a small high-tech company) Greenworld (an environmental group)Local farmer

Trinity and Trinity Hall are planning to develop a 22 acre plot to the west of their site. It will attract further high-tech industries to the area.

What pressures do you think will be created as a result? Decide what the viewpoints of the following will be:

Growth of high-tech industry

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Growth of high-tech industry

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Trinity College expansion proposals

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Using map information only, give three reasons why a science park located at site A.List two other factors that influence the location of science parks.There are proposals to create a new science park at site B. Explain why some people may be against its development.

Study the map.

Examination question

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High-tech industry quiz

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High technology industry involves a highly-skilled workforce and its products require a high proportion of research and development.The largest concentration of high-tech industries can be found in Silicon Valley, USA. In the UK, the M4 corridor is an attractive location for high-tech industry.Bangalore is the centre of high-tech industry in India.High technology industry is relatively footloose.Factors behind location include: a highly-skilled workforce, proximity to research centres and attractive environments.A science park is a planned industrial complex which contains quaternary companies such as Cambridge Science Park.The growth of the high-tech industry can bring advantages and disadvantages.