Industrial Regions

The provinces or regions where a vast number of industries are built up close to each other and share the assistance of their closeness are called industrial regions. These regions are mainly established in temperate areas, near seaports, and particularly near coalfields.

The major industrial regions of the world are as follows:  North American region, comprising USA and Canada.  European region, consisting of the industrial region of UK, Germany, France, etc.  Industrial region of Russia  Asian region, comprising the industrial regions of Japan, China, India, etc.

Eastern North America

The North American industrial region, which includes the United States and Canada, is a globally developed industrial region. The United States of America is now the world’s wealthiest and most developed country. The southern part of the country is also well developed.

The Great Lakes region of North America consists of the eight US states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, as well as the Canadian province of Ontario. The region’s navigable terrain, waterways, and ports sparked unprecedented transportation infrastructure development. With significant innovations in both production processes and business organisation, the region is a global leader in advanced manufacturing and research and development.

The Appalachian region is a 205,000-square-mile area that runs from southern New York to northern Mississippi along the spine of the Appalachian Mountains. The economy of the region, which was once heavily reliant on mining, forestry, agriculture, chemical industries, and heavy industry, has recently become more diversified, and now includes a variety of manufacturing and service industries. Because Appalachia once produced two-thirds of the nation’s coal, coal mining is the industry most closely associated with the region.

New England: Shipbuilding and textiles were the two dominant industries in this region, but both have since declined as newer centres with better advantages have emerged in the Mid-Atlantic States, the Great Lakes, and the West. The engineering industry is still important, especially for specialised goods like electrical machinery in Springfield, aircraft and armaments in Hartford, instrument-making in Bridgeport, and textile machinery in Worcester, Lowell, and New Bedford. Boston and Beverly are both shoemaking centres, with the former specialising in footwear machinery. Traditional textile towns for woollen textiles are Lowell and Providence, and for cotton textiles, New Bedford, Worcester, and Fall River; however, these towns now produce primarily high-quality goods. Further south, mass production is now more cost-effective.

Industrial Regions of Eastern Asia

Industrial regions of Japan and China

Japan’s Yokohama region: Yokohama is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture and the country’s second-largest city by population, after Tokyo. It is the Greater Tokyo Area’s major commercial centre. The city’s economy is based on shipping, biotechnology, and semiconductors, among other things.

China’s Manchurian region is a thriving industrial hub, with massive coal mines, iron and steel mills, aluminium reduction plants, paper mills, and factories producing heavy machinery, tractors, locomotives, aircraft, and chemicals.

Dalian is the main commercial port.

The only extensively level area is the great Manchurian plain, which is crossed by the Liao and Songhua rivers.

It has been a major manufacturing and agricultural centre because it is fertile and densely populated.

Industrial Regions of Western and Central Europe

So Paulo region: is Brazil’s largest city and is known as the “financial capital” because it is home to the headquarters of many major corporations as well as the country’s most prestigious banks and financial institutions. Sao Paulo’s economy has become increasingly based on the tertiary sector, focusing on services and businesses for the country, after it was once a city with a strong industrial character. 

Lorraine is a French region that borders Germany, Belgium, and Luxembourg in the north-east corner of the country. This part of France is mostly rich farming country, with the rivers Meuse and Moselle flowing through it and rising onto the forested Vosges slopes. The iron and steel industry, as well as the crystal works, are well-known in the area.

Germany’s Ruhr and Silesia: The Ruhr Valley is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is Germany’s most densely populated region, and its coal and steel industries are well-known.

Industrial Region of Russia

Moscow-Tula region of Russia: It is an industrial city and the administrative centre of Tula Oblast, Russia;it is located 193 kilometres south of Moscow, on the Upa River.The region is rich in iron ore, clay, limestone, and deposits of lignite (coal).It is a prominent industrial centre with metalworking, engineering, coal mining, and chemical industries. 

Magnitogorsk: It is an industrial city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern side of the extreme southern extent of the Ural Mountains by the Ural River.It was named for the Magnitnaya Mountain that was almost pure iron, a geological anomaly.Huge reserves of iron ore in the area made it a prime location to build a steel plant.The city played an important role during World War II because it supplied much of the steel for the Soviet war machine and its strategic location near the Ural Mountains meant Magnitogorsk was safe from seizure by the German Army.

Conclusion

Zones where there is a high concentration of industries are situated are known as industrial regions. Various favourable factors lead to the development of these industries in selected areas. The major industrial regions are located in the USA, Canada, Asia, Europe and Russia. The development of these industries can lead to an increase in opportunities for locals as well as a greater supply of goods and services in different parts of the world.