1.1 - Piccadilly Village Flashcards
1
Q
What does globalisation involve?
A
Widening and deepening global connections, interdependences and flows - commodities, capital, information, migrants and tourists
2
Q
Name a global hub
A
London
3
Q
Where is London’s financial hub?
A
London Stock Exchange
4
Q
Where is London’s migration hub?
A
Heathrow
5
Q
Where is London’s goods hub?
A
London Gateway
6
Q
Where is London’s media hub?
A
Financial Times or the BBC
7
Q
Where is London’s ICT hub?
A
Silicon Roundabout
8
Q
What is London’s governance hub?
A
UK law
9
Q
What are some examples of flows?
A
- people (migrants, tourists, businessmen)
- goods/commodities
- capital (money)
- information (ideas / culture / music / videos)
10
Q
What are some examples of means to transport flows?
A
- trains, planes, cars, container shipping, cargo centres
- fibre-optics, NFC, WiFi
- bank networks
- social media
- good governance and agreements
11
Q
What are some examples of means of flows?
A
- Channel Tunnel
- Heathrow Airport
- World Cargo Centre
- British Airways
- Submarine cables
- RBS
- WTO
- EU
12
Q
Two words to define globalisation
A
Wider and deeper
