Tertiary Industry

1. Tertiary IndustryTertiary Industry

2. Basics: Tertiary IndustryBasics: Tertiary Industry
Tertiary industries are the economic
activities that provide a service.
They depend on people and governments
having money to spend, so the more
economically developed a country is, the
more service industries it has.

3. Employment StructuresEmployment Structures
LEDC’sMEDC’s

4. What influences employment structures?
◦Tourist Potential
◦Industrial History
◦Proportion of cash vs. subsistence faming
◦Amounts of natural resources
◦Income per head

5. Task (10 minutes)Task (10 minutes)
Mind Map information about the tertiary
industry from what you have learnt and
from p.136

6. Case Study: Pearl Assurance, Case Study: Pearl Assurance,
PeterboroughPeterborough
Peterborough was designated a new town
in 1968 and part of the overall planning
process was to attract new industry to the
city.
Pearl assurance is an example of one of
these new industries which has relocated
from its city centre site in London to a
new business park in Peterborough.

7. Case Study: Pearl Assurance, Case Study: Pearl Assurance,
PeterboroughPeterborough
Definition: Footloose industries are those
with a free choice of location as they are
not tied to particular sources of materials
or ‘markets’
Activity: Wordsearch