changing the econ world North-South divide & Uk and the wider world Flashcards
what is the North-South divide?
the real or imaginated cultural and economic differences between the North and South of the UK.
6 features of the South:
- HIGHER STANDARD OF LIVING
-higher employment/education levels - higher house prices=higer demand
- less manuafcaturing = deindustrailation less of an issue
- higher wages
- healthcare more improved [life expecatancy higher]
5 features of the North:
- higher unemployment levels
- lower population = ppl migrate to the south
- location of manufacuring until DEINDUSTRIALISATION
-lower wages/levels of education - life expectancy lower
why is there a North-South divide?
- deindustrialsation had a negative impact of North but post industrial econmy benefited South
= fast growing service sector
what are 3 ways to reduce the North-South divide?
- Government investment
- Transport
- Government policies/legislations
= enterprise zones
how does government investment reduce the North-South divide?
- new businesses and infastructure in the North
- creates job opps
- mutiplier effect
- “NORTHERN POWERHOUSE” scheme has helped develop ecomonies of cities e.g Manchester
how has transport helped the North-South divide?
- money investes to improve transport links
- HS2
- Liverpool 2
= easier to connect w rest of UK
how has government policies/enterprise zones help the North-South divide?
- reduced tax
- simple planning rules
- improved infastructure
- encourage companies to locate in areas of high unemployment = create job opps & mutiplier effect
give facts about the Lancashire [enterprise zone]
- encouraged 400 new businesses
- £20 million spent of transport improvemtns
- £62 million invested inot faster broadband
- created 6000 high skilled jobs
= very effective
explain the UK trade links:
- UK trades globally
= overseas exports worth £160 billion / year - 49.6% of trade w europe = geogrpahically close cheap transport costs
explain some cultural aspects of the UK:
- books e.g Harry Potter
- TV peppa pig
- £1.3 billion a year through TV exports
explain the transport links in the UK:
- channel tunnel main connection to Europe
- London Heathrow airport
[international links]
explain the electronic communications in the UK:
give an e.g
- 90% of UK’s population has access to the internet
= makes it easier to communicate with people around the world - TRANS-ATLANTIC cables
[submarine cables] linking USA w europe
what is the EU?
- economic partnership of 27 countries
- goods/people can move freely between these countries
- UK left in 2020
give 2 positives of being a member in the EU:
- EU is the biggest trade group in the world = wouldn’t have to pay tarrif
- british people good live anywhere in the EU without a visa
give 3 negatives of being a member of the EU:
- EU can control UK crime laws
- large immigration from eatern Europe to the UK [over 200 000]
- UK would have to support poorer countries
what is the commonwealth?
political, social & economic connections with 53 countries including the UK
what are benefits of being a member in the commonwealth?
- commonwealth games [sport] = regeneration
- work together on a range of issues = support
- promtotes co-operation w countires e.g trade [easier]
what is the commonwealth SECRITERIATS aim?
main intergovermental agency in the commonwealth = aim is sustainable development
