Economic Change Flashcards
What are the reasons for a decline in primary sector
Improved technology-Increased mechanisation on farms mean that less people have to do physical work.
Running out of resources-mining INDUSTRY
Changes in social attitudes-
Cheaper to import raw materials
Name the 4 types of Industries and give examples of jobs
Primary-industries that make natural resources.Farmer,coal miner.
Secondary-Manufacturing of goods.Car prouction
Tertary-involes seklling of goods-hairdresser
Quaternary-scientist,Doctor
What is rural deindustralisation
the decline in industrial
activity in an area
Explain the growth in a seconary sector?Name an LIC or MEDC country?
China has had a growth in the secondary sector because:
^^Cheap Workforce allows the factory to make a lot of profit
^^Huge workforce
^^Raw materials e.g..gas,oil to power stations
^^Has both highly skilled and unskilled workers
^^China’s is close to other developing countries so good trade routes
What are the positives of growth in secondary sector?
^^^Many people are employed in tertiary sector
^^Literacy levels have risen dramatically
^^^More people are given education
^^^Employment levels have risen
What are the negatives of growth in secondary sector?
^^^Increase in air,noise an visual pollution.
^^^Social change-lower pay
^^^Workers are forced to work long hours under bad conditions for low wages
Growth in Tertiary Sector-Demographic changes 1
===People are marrying later and having fewer children.
===As a country develops ,people have more disposable inciome to spend on services provided by the tertiary sector.
===Lots of people are in their twenties who spend a high amount of their money on entertainment,socialising and beautification services
Increase in tertiary sector-TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
Increase in It and telecommunications has led to:
- -new job opportunities :internet service providers,website designers
- -decline in cinemas as it becomes easier to view films at home.
Industry Location Factors
^^^Accessibility ^^^Climate ^^^Land ^^^Power ^^^Raw materials ^^Access to market ^^^Government ^^^Labour supply ^^^Communications
Costs of rural de-industrialization and give named example
Costs-NE england (consett steel plant)4000 job losses
a. Break up of rural communities (people moving to towns / cities to find work).RURAL DEPOPULATION.
b. The loss of jobs in rural areas
c. Derelict industrial buildings and disused
quarries scar the landscape
d. Need to clean up old industrial sites –
demolishing old buildings / removing toxic
waste
e. The domino effect result-less income means less spending power which will impact on other economic activities, e.g. tertiary industries.
Give 3 benefits of de-industrialisation
a. Chance to return land to farming or forestry / create new
habitats
b. Less environmental pollution
c. Opportunity to use brownfield sites for new housing and
old industrial buildings can be made into tourist
attractions.
d. Opportunity to remove ugly industrial buildings from the
landscape
What have the benefits of deindustrialisation
been at the Eden Project, Cornwall
Helped clean up the area (was a scar in the landscape –
now a series of ‘pods’ with plants from different biomes
b. Helped to make the area safe (steep sided abandoned
quarries pose dangers)
c. Brought new jobs to area (650 staff), built the economy
through the multiplier effect and contributes £1 billion to
the local economy
d. Given an opportunity teach people about sustainable
development & importance of looking after the
environment.
–ugly buildings are removed to reduce visual pollution
What is Globalisation
Globalisation – process led by transnational
companies with the world’s countries all
becoming part of a global economy.
Define Primary Industry
Industries involving the collecting and creation
of raw materials (e.g. fishing / farming /
Mining and quarrying)
Tertiary sector growth–Demographic 2 Getting older
Many elderly people are able to afford s[end money and shopping.Older people now go on holiday and do not stay at home.Companies like Saga are using this .e.g. Saga
