Exogenous Factors Flashcards
What are exogenous factors?
Those which originate from outside a place and provide linkages and relationships with and to other places
What is meant by people?
Impact of tourists, workers, migrants, refugees, visitors and changing quantities of people on an area over time, eg. Germany has around 1.4 million asylum seekers who integrate into their society though also creating political and social disputes, inevitably this will impact the character of Germany
What is money and investment?
Trade deals, tax, major events (eg, sports competitions), new businesses or movement of business from an area, investment into London borough of Stratford before, during and after it hosted the olympics has had a long lasting impact on its character
What is meant by resources?
Availability of raw materials, products, food, water and energy, due to good transportation networks, the UK is food secure, if crops fail 1 year more food can be imported from other countries to make up for the deficit, in less developed countries however this is unlikely to be possible
What is meant by ideas?
Entrepreneurs may move to an area bringing new businesses with them, ideas could be information about at a reasonable from another country designers drive creative processes within an area, eg. Detroit
