Geographical impacts of globalisation Flashcards
Deindustrialisation
the decline of regionally important manufacturing industries, the decline can be charted either in terms of workforce numbers or output and production measures
Internal migrant
someone who moves from place to place inside the borders of a country
Urbanisation
an increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas
Economic migrant
a migrant whose primary motivation is to seek employment
Refugee
people who are forced to flee their homes due to persecution or as part of a mass exodus due to political, religious, or other problems
Intervening obstacles
barriers to a migrant such as a political border or physical feature (deserts, mountains and rivers)
Natural increase
the difference between a society’s crude birth rate and crude death rate
Centripetal migration
movement of people directed towards the centre of urban areas
Brownfield site
abandoned or derelict urban land previously used by commercial or industrial companies
Cultural traits
culture can be broken down into individual component parts
Cultural imperialism
the practise of promoting the culture/language of one nation in another
Soft power
the global influence a country derives from its culture, its political values and its diplomacy
Cultural landscape
the landscape of a place that has been shaped over time in characteristic ways by the combined action of natural and human processes
