Industrial Activity in Al-Fayoum
Research Abstract
Industry is a main base for countries economic structure. It is a highly important means for social and economic development, for it helps push forward the development process in different economic sectors. In addition, it helps improving living standards and absorb a great portion of unemployment through offering work opportunities.
Based on previous research done on industrial geography, Al-Fayoum Governorate demands an analytic study from an industrial geographical perspective to identify its industrial helping factors and to suggest a future vision for developing its industrial activities.
Therefore, the present study entitled industrial activity in Al-Fayoum Governorate: A study in Economic geography is intended to bridge this gap. The study includes five chapters preceded with an introduction, table of contents, and the necessary charts and figures; and followed with a conclusion, appendices, and bibliography.
The introduction provides a rationale for the topic, the objective of the study, the approaches used by the researcher, review of the literature, and administrative division development in the Governorate.
Chapter I presents a historical background for industrial development in Al-Fayoum during different periods of time starting from the stone age until the end of the 19th century, and the development of industrial establishments and its workers in the period between 1907 and 1996.
Chapter II investigates the geographical helping factors of industrial activity that have resulted in localizing the current industrial activities and may, in the future, help increase this industrial localization in the Governorate. Among these factors are raw materials especially the agricultural, energy resources, hand labours, transportation, marketing, water resources, and governmental policies.
Chapter III handles the geographical distribution of industry from different perspectives to help provide a clear picture for the industrial activity in the governorate. Therefore, the geographical distribution of the different industrial activities, industries distribution all over the Governorate, geographical distribution of industrial institutions magnitude, and industrial quantitative analyses are discussed. The chapter, also, presents a detailed study of the industrial area in Quom Osheem due to its industrial importance in the governorate.
Chapter IV examines the Governorate overall industrial structure in an attempt to identify its basic industries through presenting the overall frame of industrial distribution in the different industrial sectors. The chapter, then, provides a detailed discussion for the important, basic industries to identify the areas of its concentration and reasons behind this concentration in such areas. Among these industries are food, building materials, and textile industries. Moreover, small industries in the Governorate are discussed.
Chapter V deals with the industrial development in the governorate through pointing out the importance of industry in the Governorate and the Governorate industrial position among the other Upper Egyptian governorate. In addition, the chapter sheds some light on the relationship between industry and human development in the Governorate. Moreover, problems resulting from industrial activities, industrial development obstacles, and industrial expansion plans are studied. The researcher, then, gives some suggestions concerning the industries that should be established in accordance with the Governorate own capabilities.
The conclusion includes the results and suggestions of the study.
Research Keywords
Industrial Activity in Al-Fayoum