The Industrial Heartland Megalopolis There are basically seven factors that must be met before an industry can start to takeplace in a particular area. Those seven factors are: raw materials, transportation, energy, markets,labour, capital, and government. The Industrial Heartland is almost like one big industry,connected in a vast megalopolis. I'll be taking a closer look at these factors and the way this areameets the locational factors. The Industrial Heartland is an area that includes: Quebec, Ontario, Michigan, Illinois,Indiana, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Washington DC,West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Delaware, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, NewHampshire, and Vermont. Raw Materials(ex. iron ore, coal, limestone etc.) is an unprocessed material used as thebase for primary industry. The Industrial Heartland has many different mining sites throughout it. (ex-the nickel mine in Ontario, mines in Pittsburgh, Gary, Baltimore, Hamilton, Sault Ste.Marie etc.) Transportation is extremely important in this area. Most mines and mills are located bywaterways to make transportation readily available for it's transport's. Coal, limestone, andmany other kinds of mines use the Great Lakes to transport, which happens to be in the middle ofthe Industrial Heartland. They usually have tons of material to move so water transportation cancarry lots of material, it's cheap, but it's also slow. Another important route in this region is theSt. Lawrence Seaway, which was an significant factor in the decision of industries to locate in thisregion. Other main waterways in this region are: Ohio River, Mississippi River, New York StateBarge Canal System, New York Harbour, Philadelphia Harbour, and Baltimore Harbour. There is also Railway to consider for transportation. They can almost go anywhere in thisregion, but they are more expensive than Waterway transport, and not as adaptable as trucks. Truck hauling is considered the best for most of the transport. Though the cost of fuel hasincreased over the years, trucks are still the main carrier of cargo. Energy, is one of the most, if not the most important factor for industries. Every industryneeds power, energy. Some sources of energy are: Hydroelectricity, Thermal electric, natural gas,and coal. Hydroelectricity is a good choice for energy for home requirements, but for industry, they need tremendous amounts of energy. To meet the requirements of an industries power, theindustry would have to locate near the hydroelectric plant, and there is just simply not enoughhydroelectric sites. Thermal electricity is a commonly used power source for industry. It's convenient for theindustry. Markets refer to trade, selling of goods to consumers. The Industrial Heartland offersmany places for markets, as it has a large population, therefore, demand. So, an industry closeto the demand wouldn't have to transport that much. Usually if their is high request for an item,the manufacturer would set prices higher to grasp extra transportation costs. Labour-The Industrial Heartland would be an ideal place to locate, as it has a very highpopulation, thus having many people, and workers looking for jobs. Many people live,locate to the Industrial Heartland to find jobs. There is a widespread of jobs in the industrialheartland-many different occupations are found there. Capital is the cash flow, equipment, and buildings of/needed by a certain industry. Obviously, to set up an industry you need a capital. It's like the starting money of thebusiness/industry. Stocks are usually bought by consumers, so an industry can raise it's capital (stock-share in a company). Bond issues and bank loans are just some of the other waysindustries start up. Government-Municipal, provincial, and federal government are concerned with theindustry. Government encourages industry, for the growth of the region. The job of each part ofthe government is as follows: municipal-choose land for the industry(make sure it's suitable),provide sewers, roads, electrical lines, schools, health care, and police protection. Provincial-setsrules/regulations, so on, for the industry to obide by. Provide energy, employee-training, enforcelabour laws, safety standards, & working conditions. Federal-provides carriage andfacilities-finances the construction of highways, harbours and airports, and enforces tariff.The Industrial Heartland meets all it's locational factors, and provides many jobs for people in theregion. I think transportation, markets, and population of this region has greatly contributed tothe amount of industry within it. . limestone, andmany other kinds of mines use the Great Lakes to transport, which happens to be in the middle ofthe Industrial Heartland. They usually have. live,locate to the Industrial Heartland to find jobs. There is a widespread of jobs in the industrialheartland-many different occupations are found there. Capital