Sunday, March 9, 2014

Topic 8 : Factor in Determining Terminal Location


The terminal location is the related with to the decision of how many terminals to establish is the decision of where to establish them. They based on geographic, government and demand variables. The location must be to refer from the economic activities based on one location. The fundamentally based on geographical concepts of the site and based on situation. The site relates to the characteristics of a specific location while the situation concerns the relationships of a location in relation to other locations. 

Besides that, specific sites suitable for defense or commerce have been important factors in the location of cities. In addition to being a factor of spatial organization, transportation is linked with the location of economic activities, including retail, manufacturing and services. In a market economy, location is the outcome of a constrained choice where many issues are being considered, transportation being one of them. The goal is to find a suitable location that would maximize the economic returns for this activity. There is a long tradition within economic geography in developing location with a view to explain and predict the effect of economic activities by incorporating market, institutional and behavioral considerations.

The majority of location theories have an explicit or implicit role attributed to transport since accessibility is an important factor in the location preferences of firms and individuals. As there are no absolute rules dictating location choices, the importance of transport can only be evaluated with varying degrees of accuracy. The example for location terminal is ports and airport, roads and railroads and telecommunication.First about ports and airport are convergence of related activities around terminals, particularly for ports since inland and the cost being too high.


 The location and level of activity of ports and airports are reflective of global patterns. For example the airport and ports in Malaysia is Senai International Airport and Ports Klang. Second about roads and railroads, a structuring and convergence effect the varies according to the level accessibility. For the rail transportation the terminal also have a convergence effect. Last example for location terminal so telecommunications they no specific local influence but the quality of regional and national telecommunication system tends to ease transactions.

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