Challenge 2

Question 1

What is the two speed economy?

Answer 1

The idea that there is a divide in growth and development between the north and the south.

There is faster growth in the south so people move from north to south

Question 2

What solutions are there to the two speed economy?

Answer 2

High speed rail link (HS2), between London and the North.

Investing in better transport to make it easier to move products and workers.

Improve connections to northern airports to encourage investment from abroad.

Question 3

What are the pros and cons of greenfield sites?

Answer 3

Pros
The layout not restricted by previous development.
Healthier environment as on the edges of cities.
Attractive scenery.

Cons
Valuable farmland or recreational land is lost.
Roads and infrastructure may be old and narrow.
Wildlife may be disturbed.
Causes noise and pollution in the countryside.
Encourages suburban sprawl.

Question 4

What are the pros and cons of brownfield sites?

Answer 4

Pros
Reduces the loss of the countryside and land that is agricultural or leisure.
Helps to revive old and disused urban areas.
Services like water, electricity, gas and sewage already in place.
Located near to main areas of employment.
Relatively cheap and rates of house building are faster.

Cons
Often more expensive as old buildings have to be cleared.
Higher levels of pollution.
Often surrounded by run down areas.

Question 5

What are greenfield sites?

Answer 5

Sites that haven’t been built on before

Question 6

What are brownfield sites?

Answer 6

Sites that have previously been built on.

Question 7

What is an emigrant to the UK?

Answer 7

A person who leaves the UK to settle elsewhere.

Question 8

What is an immigrant?

Answer 8

A person who leaves a different country to enter the UK.

Question 9

What is net migration?

Answer 9

The overall migration of people (immigration - emmigration) into or out of a country.

Question 10

What is an economic migrant?

Answer 10

A person who moves country for greater economic opportunities like a greater job.

Question 11

What is a social migrant?

Answer 11

A person who moves country due to social problems, like war.

Question 12

What is the main reason for people moving from the EU to the UK?

Answer 12

For a definite job

Question 13

What is the main reason for non-EU nationals moving to the UK?

Answer 13

Study

Question 14

What are the 5 countries with the most immigrants to the UK?

Answer 14

India
China
Romania
Poland
Spain

Question 15

What are the 5 countries with the most emigrants from the UK?

Answer 15

Australia
France
China
Poland
Spain

Question 16

What are the different views of stakeholders on migration?

Answer 16

Businesses need workers for profit

Hospitals need workers.

Some people think jobs are being taken.

Local people feel the UK becomes multi-cultural, which they think is a good thing.

Some may think migrants abuse the social benefits system.

Some think there is a pressure on housing and education.

Migrants can bring useful skills.

Migrants working here can pay taxes.

Question 17

What difficulties are there with migration statistics?

Answer 17

The census is taken every 10 years, it is only an estimate between censuses.
Some people come in temporarily and leave, affecting numbers.
There was free movement from the EU, so they didn’t show up on records.
There are illegal migrants without being accounted for.

Question 18

What positives and negatives has TNC investment had in the South-East?

Answer 18

Positives
Greater number of jobs
Higher wages, higher wealth
Higher quality of life

Negatives
Smaller businesses outpriced by big firms
TNCs encourage trade, leading to more traffic, increasing levels of air pollution.
House prices rise

Question 19

What is a stakeholder?

Answer 19

A person with an interest or concern with something

Question 20

What has happened to net migration since the 1970s?

Answer 20

It has sharply increased from a net negative 50000 to a net positive 300000

Question 21

Give some examples of how growth rate has varied throughout the UK?

Answer 21

10.6% increase in housing prices in London compared with a 1.6% decrease in the North-East and a 0.8% increase in the North-West

Question 22

What was the problem with the HS2 rail link?

Answer 22

It has not reached all of the areas like Glasgow or Edinburgh and only Birmingham.