1.3.3 Changes Over Time in the Economic Characteristics of Places Flashcards
What is the Clark Fisher model?
A model which seeks to describe the changing percentage of employment in each sector as a country develops
What is the primary sector?
Part of the economy concerned with the collection, growth and extraction of natural resources/raw materials
E.g. farming, fishing, mining
What is the secondary sector?
The manufacturing or industrial sector that processes resources into goods that people want
E.g. construction, manufacturing
What is the tertiary sector?
The sector that enables goods to be traded
E.g. lawyer, teacher
What is the quaternary sector?
Knowledge economy and research and development
E.g. IT, creative industries
What are the strengths of the Clark Fisher model?
- Predicts the stages that an economy will pass through
- Useful to governments who want to predict which sectors they should be enabling/investing in
- Good for Westernised countries
What are the weaknesses of the Clark Fisher model?
- Many LICs can’t apply model (e.g. Kenya went straight from primary to tertiary)
- Ignores the international economic context of imported goods or relocation of manufacturing to LICS
How have the economic characteristics of Keswick changed over time?
1900s:
- Market town serving local agricultural area of Allerdale
- 55% in the primary sector
- 25% in the secondary sector (e.g. pencil factory)
- 20% in the tertiary sector (e.g. banking, insurance, education, health)
1960s:
- 25% in the primary sector due to mechanisation and technological improvements
- 45% in the secondary industry
- 30% in tertiary due to rise in tourism
2016:
- 5% in primary sector
- 10% in secondary sector
- 80% in tertiary sector
- 5% in quaternary sector
What the Kondriatiev waves?
A graph will shows how a new disruptive technology causes huge economic change but then recession
How long does a typical Kondriatiev wave last for?
50 years
What are the 4 stages of a typical Kondriatiev wave?
- Prosperity - as a new technology comes along, it creates more wealth through greater efficiency
- Recession - efficiencies lead to job losses and bankruptcies of older industries
- Depression - fewer people to buy goods and services shirnks the economy
- Recovery - a new technology comes along to revitalize the economy
What are the technological advancements that each wave is associated with?
K1 = Early mechanisation
K2 = Steam power and railway
K3 = Electrical and heavy engineering
K4 = Fordist mass production
K5 = Digital ITC
How did Cardiff change in the 2nd Kondriatiev wave?
- Steam power was invented which gave rise to the growth of factories
- Cardiff was ideally placed near South Wales coal mines, iron ore mines and a port
- Largest coal exporting port in the world
- Railways then linked Cardiff to docks and railways networks so they could become an exporter of manufactured goods too
- 2nd Marquess of Bute opened the first Bute Dock in Cardiff in 1839
- Working population grew as there was lots of migration
- Irish people fleeing famine moved in
- 1/3 of inhabitants were from surrounding counties who were pushed out by rural poverty
- Population also increased as there was better disease control
How did the rapid development change Cardiff?
- Terraced housing
- Little green space
- Industrial legacy
What is the architectural heritage like in Spotlands, Cardiff?
- Old factories which are difficult to turn into modern homes
- Small 2 bedroom homes are unsuitable for modern families/housing
- Low rise houses mean that land is wasted
- Tightly packed/high building density
- Near city centre
- Old so houses are energy inefficient
What is the location quotient?
A measure of how specialised an area is in a particular industry
How do you calculate location quotient?
LQ = % of total workforce in the area working in an industry/% of the total workforce in the UK working in an industry
What can the location quotient tell you?
- If the LQ is higher than 1, the region is said to specialise in that industry because there is a higher than average % of people working in a particular industry
- If the LQ is lower than 1, there may be a shortage of an industry compared to the national average
What were the causes of deprivation in Ebbw Vale?
- Resource depletion means higher transport costs
- Cheaper imports due to globalisation
- Technological changes (e.g. hot rolling and tin plating)
- Government strategies and policies (e.g. £350 million EU investment and enterprise zones)
What were the impacts of deprivation in Ebbw Vale?
- Steel production stopped in 1978
- Tin plating stopped in 2002
- 16000 jobs were lost
- There was a 2 mile derelict scar on the landscape