Globalisation key terms Flashcards

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Affordable homes?

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Homes that people who earn lower wages can live in and pay for without being in debt. set at 80% the price of a normal house

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Age structure

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Demographic information showing how many men and women there are of different ages in an area

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Birth rates

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A measure of the number of births over the course of 1 year

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Brownfield

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Areas that have been previously built on but have become available for new buildings and services due to the old buildings being destroyed

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Buisness park

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An area with lots of offices and parking

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CBD

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Central Business District- where most retail districts are

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Ceremonial

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Just at ceremonies, meaning the mayor doesn’t have decision making powers

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Commercial

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Shopping functions

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Confluence

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Where 2 riveres meet

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Contaminated

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a land that has been polluted by some kind of chemical that makes it unsafe for humans or the environment

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Cultural mix

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The number of people from different cultures

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Death rates

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A measure of the number of deaths per 1000 people over the course of a year

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Deindustrialisation

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The movement of manufacturing industries away from the area

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Demolition

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knocking down

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Deprivation

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A lack of basic needs eg:low income, poor housing conditions, lack of services ect

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E-commrce

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Shopping using the internet

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EU

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European Union- a trade bloc in Europe formed of 28 countries that allows freedom of people, goods and services

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Function

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The purpose of the land, and the role it plays in society

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GDP per capita

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The total value of goods and sevices produced by a country over the course of 1 year per person

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Green belt

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An area of land around a urban area

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Greenfield

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A piece of land that has not previously been built on

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Industrialisation

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increasing levels of manufacturing, the economy moves from primary to secondary

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Integration

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how well things are linked

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poverty

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a person iving with low income, with a poor quality of lide

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PSHE

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Personal, social, health and economic education

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Quality of life

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The conditions people live under, how happy they are

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Quaternary

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A type of industry focused on new research or knowledge

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Retail park

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An area with lots of shiops and parking, usually in rural/urban areas

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Sustainability

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Making sure that a process doesn’t harm communities or the environment

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Tertiary

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A type of Indusrt focused on services

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Transatlantic slave trade

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A system of trade that existed from the 1500 to 1800, where people were taken as slaves from west Africa and transported to america

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Intependence

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This way 2 people can become muturally reliant on one another due to the exchange of goods, services of labour

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Rural diversification

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Expansion on the goods and services provided wigthin the countryside in order to create a more stable economy

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Care farming

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The way farming can be practiced as a theruputic activity