3a.4 - Rehashing Hamburg Flashcards
What leads to growth of the city boundaries?
Suburbanisation
What has post-war industrialisation led to?
Industrial jobs have moved away from some urban areas in Western Europe and North America
What can counter urbanisation lead to
Decline of cities and new urbaism in rural areas
Define Regeneration
Improving an area that has been experiencing a period of decline
What might cause workers to live away from the cities?
Improved transport infrastructure
What is the quaternary sector?
Industries that providing information services e.g. High-tech research and design jobs
What has been regenerated in Hafen City?
Old warehouses
Why was there economic growth in cities like London?
Due to Global economic change to quaternary and knowledge-industries
Why can larger cities drive global economic change?
Major TNCs can be attracted away from the West due to a large pool of cheap labour in some cities
What’s the meaning of the term ‘reurbanisation’
Movement of people back towards a city centre to live
What factors affect whether regeneration can happen?
Accessibiltiy - e.g. close to motorways - to help transport manufactured goods
Government incentives - e.g. encouraging 2ndary/3iary/Quaternary industry to location in an area
Being on the outskirts - e.g. low cost land