Question

Which are the main factors which influence the location of an industry?

Answer 1

Market, transport, capital, power, labour, water, land, availability of raw material are the most important factors which influence the location of industries.

• The place where all the above factors are available with ease is the location where industries are located.
• Industrialisation often leads to growth and development of towns and cities.
• To attract industries in backward areas, the governments tend to provide incentives such as better infrastructure, lower transportation costs, subsidised power etc.
• When industries are located close to each other and share the benefits of their proximity, then it leads to emergence of industrial regions.
• Major industrial regions of the world are eastern Asia, eastern Europe, central Europe, western Europe, eastern North America.
• There is a tendency to locate large industrial regions near coal fields, near sea ports, and are located in temperate regions.
• India has major industrial regions such as Gurgaon-Delhi-Meerut region, Chota Nagpur industrial belt, Bangalore-Tamil Nadu region, Vishakhapatnam-Guntur belt, Hugli region, Mumbai-Pune cluster, Ahmedabad-Baroda region.
• The nations where steel and iron industries are concentrated are Russia, China, Japan, Germany, USA.
• Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, India, Hong Kong are the countries where textile industries are concentrated.
• The major hubs of the Information technology industry are Bangalore region of India and Silicon valley of Central California.