Regional patterns of development India & UK, Reducing inequalities Flashcards
Why does Kerala in India have relatively low birth rates and high life expectancy compared with the rest of India?
The state government funds health and education.
Why has Kashmir lower than average levels of income per capita?
Conflict in the region between India and Pakistan.
Maharashtra and Gujarat are India’s main centre of…
Industry
What is widespread against women and girls in India?
Discrimination
What does the word rural periphery mean?
One the edge or margins; areas which have a poor economic status and thus suffer from the associated conditions
Give an example of an informal job that people do in India?
collecting and recycling rubbish
What is the term that is used to refer to the economic and social differences between southern and northern areas of the UK?
north-south divide
Give 3 consequences of these regional differences in the UK?
- Health conditions are poorer in the north,
- Life expectancy is higher in the south,
- House prices are higher in the south,
- Incomes are higher in the south,
- Internal migration of young professionals from northern areas into the south east.
What is deindustrialisation?
The decline of manufacturing (secondary) industries
Is there more research and development spending in the north or the south of the UK?
the south
True/False:
The south has a global centre for banking and finance?
true
The major airports in the UK are located in…
a) the north
b) the south
the south
People tend to have lower earnings/salaries in…
a) the north
b) the south
the north
Name the MNC that had to lay of significant amount of workers in Scunthorpe (NE England) and Port Talbot (South Wales).
Tata Steel
True/False:
These areas in the north already suffer from low pay and higher than average levels of unemployment.
True
