Enqiry 1- How And Why Do Places Vary? Flashcards
Types of employment sectors
Primary Secondary Quinary Quaternary Tertiary
Tertiary growth reasons
‘Footloose’ move to financial incentive
Quaternary= fastest growing (knowledge sector-highly specialised it and engineering)
Growth sectors in science and tech
Encouraged by gov
Economic strength and stability
81% employment 2011
Primary and secondary decline reasons
Uk mines/ manu plants close 1980s Derelict land and unemployment Chinese cheap imports High energy costs 9% employment 2011
Employment types
Self employed (consultants)
Workers (agency staff)
Employees with contracts (part time or full time)
2015- 9million have part time jobs = growing trend
Controversies : zero hour contracts
Gender gap (10% men)
Temporary/ seasonal work
Economic activity reflected in social factors
Overheated south
1/4 pop generate 1/2 economic growth
Economic boom 1997-2007 = 37% uk growth output
2008= 48%
Financial
Economic activity reflected in social factors 2
Deindustrialisation of north
India’s Tata close Scunthorpe manufacturing plant
4500 redundancies (every one lost = four more lost)
Manufacturing
Health
Morbidity
Spatial distribution of food
Inner cities= ‘food deserts’
Cheap processed is preferred
Obesity levels rise
Black ethnic minorities = generally worse (social-economic position)
Post code lottery
Life expectancy
Gender/ income
Harrow, London men expect to live 6yrs longer than those in Glasgow
Glasgow effect- poor health linked to deprivation
Education
Provision = unequal
Working class white children in poverty
31% get 5+ GCSEs at a-c grade
Linked to income levels
Inequalities in pay reflected in quality of life indices
More than 1/2 million on zero hour contracts
Trusses trust report that number of people on 3+ days of emergency food
26,000 in 2009
900,000+ 2014
High inequality = reduce potential for economic growth = no trickle down
Inequalities
Economic - work type
Social- marginalisation
Environmental- pollution levels
Services- health facilities
Demographic
Change in social structure
2001- 91.3% people were white British
2011-86% people were white British
Affects of immigrated
Gentrification
Change in social structure as affluent move in
Super gentrification
Slums in Notting hill now worth millions
Studentification
Queens, Belfast
50% immediate housing owned by students
Can lead to conflicts
Anti social behaviour
