Regeneration Flashcards
Why are house prices going up in the uk
Gentrification of area adds value to housing making an area unaffordable for many
Restrictions of areas housing can be built
Studentification
What does the national government do to regenerate regions
Infrastructure development -HS2
Planning laws -right to buy scheme
House building targets
Housing affordability
Permission for fracking
Immigration
Deregulation of capital markets
International migration
Movement of people between countries-immigration and emigration
Internal migration
The movement of population within a country
Rural urban migration
Natural increase
Population is increasing due to birth rate and death rate
Intervening obstacles
Obstacle to a migrant such as mountains or a political boarder
Rural Social push factors
Far from food and water
Far from health services
Low skill opportunities
Monotonous jobs
Economic rural push factors
Little well paiyed jobs
No services trash water electricity
Environmental rural push factors
Extreme conditions
Wildlife crazy
Natural disasters
Pollution land and water
Hyper urbanisation
Population of city grows too large government and authorities can not provide basic needs sanitation
India Mumbai
Challenges for mega cities
Air pollution-burning rubbish
Provision for health care and education
Food and water supply
Social challenges for mega cities
International migration hub cities
Elite migrants
Low wage economic migration
Brain drain
Loss of talent as pull factors from other more attractive places in core regions
Brain drain
Increases in skilled workers due to attractiveness of region
Cultural imperialism
Promoting the culture of one nation in another
Usually from a HIC with strong economical and military power to a LIC less affluent nation
What factors cause cultural diffusion
Social media -film music news media
Migrants -movement to hub cities
Tourism - expect certain products
TNCs- offshoreing
What is the Big Mac index
It is used by economists to compare the value of currencies. It is used as mc Donald’s is such a large TNC and is available all around the world
What positives has globalisation brought
Western ideals such as Christian attitudes towards loving everyone has brought awearness and acceptance for disadvantaged groups
Cultural erosion
Due to globalisation culture in parts of the world is becoming lost due to romanticising the western way of life and TNCs
Anti globalisationists
The belief that globalisation is having a greater negative impact on cultural diversity and society is becoming more and more homogeneous
Glocalisation
TNCs produce specific products for areas of the world
This is a way of allining to cultural and ideals of the area
For example McDonalds produce a variety of foods for different areas
How have some Islamic countries denied cultural erosion
Worried about the immcat of immoral Barbie, they have produced there own alternative to Barbie called fulla
A role model for Muslim children displaying how many parents want their children to be
How is brexit and example of rejection to globalisation
It is seen as a rejection to intervention with the EU
