CUE - Urbanisation: Urban Change Key Terms

Question 1

Decentralisation

Answer 1

The movement of population and industry from the urban centre to outlying areas.
(The term may encompass the processes of suburbanisation and counter-urbanisation.)

Question 2

Deindustrialisation

Answer 2

This refers to the loss of jobs in the manufacturing sector which occurred in the UK in the second half of the 20th century.

Question 3

De-multiplier Effect

Answer 3

Opposite of the multiplier effect, when a withdrawal of income or investment leads to the closure of an activity, such as a factory. The loss of jobs and income for the workers means less money is spent in the economy usually giving rise to more job and income losses in a downward spiral effect.

Question 4

Quaternary Sector

Answer 4

The sector of the economy where knowledge or ideas are the main output, such as advertising, computer programming and soft ware design.

Question 5

Service/Tertiary Sector

Answer 5

The sector of the economy concerned with providing services.

Question 6

World City

Answer 6

Cities which have great influence on a global scale, because of their financial status and worldwide commercial power. Three cities which have traditionally sat at the top of the global hierarchy - New York, London and Tokyo - are now being joined by the likes of Beijing, Shanghai and Mumbai. These cities house the headquarters of many transnational corporations (TNCs), are centres of world finance and provide international consumer services.