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COMMERCIAL GEOGRAPHY

Presented by:

FATIMA ATEEQ QURESHIGeography lecturer

DA College for women, phase VIII.

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GOALS

To make students familier with the term geography.

To understand the function of commercial geography in todays economy of any country.

To elaborate the classification of commercial geography. So, students can identify commercial activities.

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Instructional strategies and tasks

I will provide more opportunities for students to answer questions that require higher-order thinking about geography and its branches.

I will provide students time for group discussion

I will ask questions that require students to explain how they came to an answer

I will allow students to gather in randomly assigned groups or pairs to discuss the role of commercial geography in todays world.

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Time line

1st lesson_ ask student about geography.2nd lesson_ discuss with students about

branches of geography and its reasons.3rd lesson_ to inquire and investigate about

the role of commercial geography.4th lesson_ with the help of examples

compare different types of occupation under commercial activities categories.

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GEOGRAPHY

It is the combination of two words “geo” means the earth and “graphy” means description.

The science of description of the physical features of the earth.

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According to Dr. Scott, Ritter, Ratzal “ geography as a whole is regarded as the

department of knowledge which studies the varied features of the earth’s surface as the environment of mankind”

Environment mankind

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BRANCHES OF GEOGRAPHYGeology--

geomorphology

Meteorology—climatology

Botany—phytogeography

Ecology—biogrography

Zoology—zoogrography

Pedology—soil grography

Oceanography--marine grography

Hydrology—water resources

Physical geography

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Demography—population geography

Political sciences—political

geography

Anthropology, sociology, history

—cultural geography

Psychology, economics—behavioural geography

Regional economics, economics– economic geography

Sociology, language, religious

studies– social geography

Urban studies, urban social

sciences, planning— urban

geography

Human geography

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COMMERCIAL GEOGRAPHY

A form of geography, concerned with the production and supply of raw materials,

including agricultural output, and finished goods.

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Accoding to Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Dr. Claude Comtois

Commercial geography investigates the spatial characteristics of trade and transactions in terms of their cause, nature, origin and destination. It leans on the analysis of contracts and transactions. From a simple commercial transaction involving an individual purchasing a product at a store, to the complex network of transactions maintained between a multinational corporation and its suppliers, the scale and scope of commercial geography varies significantly.

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Economic geography

Economical Geography deals with information and data about the wealth of a country, a region, a state, a town etc., not focusing its attention to business, but to production, existence of goods.

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Role of commercial geography

a. Commercial Geography refers to the location where the different branches of trade and commerce are located. Once even the most profitable business was carried out without shifting the mother country.

b. Today if one wants to establish a remarkable reputation for his firm, or business he must learn the geographical places suited for the production, storing for exporting and importing and marketing.

c. In order to recruit the apt personnel one has to travel a lot and even abroad to get the competent personnel. Certain countries are specialized in certain skill. Certain locations have the international standards. Certain locations have the licensing offices. So when one is in the field of commerce and business he has to learn the geography suited for his needs and demands.

d. A business man needs to know the commercial geography also for the reason of similar languages to locate the apt personal when he expands his business abroad.

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Classification of Commercial geography

Classification of commercial geography is based on these three elements.

a) Productionb) Exchange( transportation and distribution

services)c) Consumption

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Commercial activities

1. primary activies ( to extract raw material from nature)

2. Secondary activities ( convert raw material into more useful form)

3. Tertiary activities (to provide services and transport facilities)

4. Quaternary activities ( high order services)

5. Quinary activities ( especial services and management by very high order personnel)

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Purpose of Commercial Activities

To investigate natural and human resources.

To identify the production of different region.

Identify the circulation of different commodities of production and their consumption.

To prepare report for better production and its direction of consumption.

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