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entity_slug: market_access_inequality
entity_type: Relation
vsm_system: S4
type_rationale: Market Access Inequality represents a structural dependency between
  geographical location/infrastructure and economic development outcomes, functioning
  as a causal mechanism that connects physical access to markets with resulting patterns
  of industrial specialization and regional prosperity.
vsm_rationale: This entity operates primarily in the intelligence function by revealing
  how the economic system adapts to environmental constraints, scanning and analyzing
  how geographical and infrastructural factors shape the broader patterns of economic
  development and specialization across regions.
classified_at: '2026-02-23T11:12:16.422650'
---

# Classification: Market Access Inequality

## Entity Type

Relation

## VSM System

S4

## Type Rationale

Market Access Inequality represents a structural dependency between geographical location/infrastructure and economic development outcomes, functioning as a causal mechanism that connects physical access to markets with resulting patterns of industrial specialization and regional prosperity.

## VSM Rationale

This entity operates primarily in the intelligence function by revealing how the economic system adapts to environmental constraints, scanning and analyzing how geographical and infrastructural factors shape the broader patterns of economic development and specialization across regions.
