East Anglia - Challenges Of UK Settle Flashcards
1
Q
What does it consist of?
A
Flat lands useful for agriculture
Marshland and fenland
Fertile region
2
Q
Total pop
A
2.3 million
3
Q
Norfolk
A
850,000
4
Q
Suffolk
A
715,000
5
Q
Cambridgeshire
A
769,000
6
Q
Negatives of East Anglia
A
- deprived areas of Norfolk - 47.1% no qualifications
- just under 40% of all adults are economically inactive in Barningham
- 60% live in social housing
7
Q
Positives of East Anglia
A
- parts of it have a thriving tourist industry and it accounts for 14% of employment in norfolk
- most agriculturally productive areas, know for cereal crops, with farmers growing more than 25% of Englands wheat and barley
- 50,000 work in the agriculture and horticulture sector
