Why does industry form the characteristics of coastal layout, and what are the factors that affect the layout of Japan?

There are many reasons for the formation of industrial layout.

Osaka belongs to the coastal layout, because Japan's domestic resources are poor, and important raw materials and energy such as oil, iron ore and coal needed for industrial development are imported from abroad, and the seaport is the only distribution center for raw materials. So many of these factories are located near the seaport, forming a coastal industrial zone.

However, Athens and Istanbul did not form a coastal type because they lacked the conditions to form a coastal type. Japan's economy is a typical export-oriented economy, naturally distributed in coastal ports, while these two countries are not. The constraint factor affecting the economic development of these two countries is not the lack of resources in their own countries, so there is no need to build large factories on the seashore.

In fact, to judge an industrial layout type, we only need to analyze the most important factor that affects the development of this industry, that is, the restrictive factors. For example, the agricultural products processing industry must be raw materials, because the transportation and preservation of raw materials account for a large part of the cost, and it should be built as far as possible next to the origin of raw materials, as is the case in Japan's coastal areas.

This coastal type has little to do with water resources. If it is related to water resources, it should be surrounded by the sea. The reason is that there are many large seaports and docks here. This is the coastal type.