EQ2 -Keywords Flashcards
Define Global shift
The movement of manufacturing from Europe and the USA to many asian countries
Define deindustrialisation?
The decline of regionally important manufacturing industries.
Define TNC
Firms with operations in more than 1 country
Internal migrant
someone who moves from place to place inside the borders of a county - globally- most move from rural to urban areas however in the developed world ppl also move from urban to rural areas (counter-urbanisation)
urbanisation
an increase in the proportion of people living n urban areas
economic migrant
a migrant whose primary motivation is to seek employment - migrants who already had a job may set off in search of better pay, more regular pay, promotion or a change of career.
Refugee
a person who is forced to flee their homes due to persecution, whether on an individual basis or as part of a mass exodus due to political, religious or otehr probles.
intervening obstacles
barriers to a migrant such as a political border or physical feature (deserts, mountains, rivers)
Natural increase
the difference between a society’s crude birth rate and crude death rate
mega city
a city with more than £10 million people
centripetal migration
movement of people directed towards teh centre of urban areas
Global hub
A highly globally connected city that has become the focal point for activities with a global influence such as trade ,business, international governance or education and research
globalisation definition in terms of its impacts on spread of westernised culture?
globalisation presents increased opportunities for cultural exchange, be it via cultural imperialism or via natural cultural diffusion of goods, services, capital, technology, people and idea’s across borders.
