All The Rest If Ecnomics Flashcards
Reason why Nigeria is a changing economy
Location and environment- they are a dry climate in the north where peanuts grow
Politics - Nigerian joined the British empire 1901
Economy- Nigeria has the biggest economy in Africa
Oil- oil makes up 75 percent of Nigeria economy
Negatives of Nigeria changing in economy
There is an oil spill 1 per day
Trade and foreign investment - china gave Nigeria 1 billion loan
Aid - Nigeria has the highest death rates from malaria in the world
Migrants - 2014 9.000 migrants left Nigeria for work
Why are the job types
Primary - extracting raw materials such as agricultural, mining and fishing
Secondary- manufacturing goods by using raw materials
Tertiary - providing services
Quaternary- icy reaserch and development
The de industrialisation in the north of changes in the uk explain
De industrialise is the decline of the country manufacturing industry
Example the number of coal mines in the uk went from 3000 to just 30
Quaternary in the south
A number of cities outside of London have now got loads of quanternary jobs
Cambridge science is sustainable how ?
It’s close to good transport such as the m11 motorway
It gives a good quality of life with plenty shops and open space
Advantages of Cambridge science park
50 percent of timber is used in the building is from sustainable sources
132 cycle parking spaces to encourage cycling over driving
Disadvantage of the science park
Was build on a greenfield site result lost of ecosystems and farmland so they decreased biodiversity
Only offers high skilled job who is not sustained for the whole population of Cambridge
Who is richer the north of England or the south
The south is
Does the north have a low or high life expectancy
Low
What is the name of the new transport that the uk want to do
Hs2
What does the hs2 want to do
Link London to Birmingham and eventually Manchester and it’s faster so it can reduce travel times
If hs2 happens what will happen to companies in London
Will move to the midlands or the north
How is hs2 environmently better
People will use train more than cars which use less emissions so traffic congestion will be reduced
Against hs2 railway
It will be 40 million and pear tree that got voted the uk tree of the year in 2015 will have to go
900 homes will be destroyed and the residents will be forced to move