MISS A Flashcards
foreign direct investment
A foreign direct investment is an investment in the form of a controlling ownership in a business in one country by an entity based in another country.
gentrification
Wealthy and educated individuals move into poor or working-class communities, often originally occupied by communities of colour.
rebranding
changing the image of a place to attract investment.
24 hour city
Having Facilities and services open throughout the whole day
What happened in Newcastle in the 1970’s/1990’s?
Deindustrialisation occurred in the 1970’s
Name five key people/groups involved in re-branding?
local government, national government, local communities, EU, private investors.
definition of diaspora
large number of people moving away from their homeland
what group of people were emotionally attached to their homeland
the kurds
what is time space compression?
space is no longer the barrier to movement of people and communication.
what is globalisation?
the world is becoming increasingly interconnected as a result of massively increased trade and cultural links.
whats the difference between data collection and data presentation
data collection is gathering the data and data presentation is to show the data on a graph or chart.
what must we do to the figures before we create a hypothesis
Collect as many observations about a topic or problem as you can. Evaluate these observations and look for possible causes of the problem. Create a list of possible explanations that you might want to explore.
examples of primary data
questionnaires, surveys, interviews, books, articles
examples of secondary data
graphs, maps, newspapers, census
identify types of maps
proportional circles maps, chloropleth maps. topographic map.
