Retailing, Global Cities, Global Cities Connections, Mumbai & Cardiff Flashcards
What do the letters CBD stand for?
Central Business District
What are the 5 economic factors have changed retailing?
Home delivery firms, Congestion in cities, Free parking at out of town retail parks, High parking costs in city centres, Monthly wages.
What 2 cultural factors have changed retailing?
Car-dependent society, Bulk buying
What 4 technological factors have changed retailing?
High broadband speeds, Sophisticated websites, Online only retailers, Internet Banking.
What are 4 benefits of out of town shopping centres?
.Large free car parking, near major road junctions, room for expansion, cheaper land values, near suburban housing estates.
What are 4 costs of out of town shopping centres?
Attracts shoppers away from CBD, Cause congestion on surrounding roads, Chain stores, Land use conflict with other developments such as business parks.
What are 4 benefits of internet shopping?
Convenient and cheaper, Purchase products you can’t buy locally, less time consuming, reduction in traffic congestion, delivery jobs.
What are 4 costs of internet shopping?
Not everyone has the internet, difficult to return products, CBD lose trade and therefore job loses, Delivery vans mean more traffic congestion, Online card fraud.
Give 5 ways that Lancaster CBD fought back
New paving in pedestrianised areas, new street furniture, Signage (Wayfinding), Market day on Wednesday, Secure bike racks, Trees planted.
What does the word urbanisation mean?
The growth of towns and cities
How many residents does a city need to have before it is called a ‘megacity’?
10 million
True or false? Many of the worlds fastest growing cities are expected to be in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia
True
What does the word globalisation mean?
The global web of links between countries involving people, trade, ideas and culture.
What are global cities?
Cities that play an important role in the global economic system of finance and trade.
What 5 features do global cities have.
Finance & Trade, Governance and decision making,Media and information (Ideas, Information, innovation), Migration Cultural centres (Diversity), Transport hubs
What are the push and pull factors that have caused rural to urban migration in Mumbai your NIC city example
Push - Countryside areas are poor, lack healthcare, limited job opportunities, poor sanitation
Pull - Job opportunities, Cheap rail travel, More educational opportunities.
What connections does Mumbai have to the rest of the world?
Mumbai international airport, Tata Steel, Bollywood
What types of jobs do the people that live in extreme poverty in Mumbai do?
Informal jobs
What is the name of Mumbai’s biggest slum?
Dharavi
Give 2 urban challenges Mumbai faces
Reducing poverty and deprivation, Housing (Chawls, Squatter Homes-Slums, Pavement Dwellers.)
The HIC global city of Cardiff has a large sphere of influence that connects it to the rest of the world give 3 examples of how.
International airport, The Principality Stadium (Millennium Stadium). Admiral a Multinational Company, BBC TV Programmes such as Dr Who.
True or false? Cardiff has a large Somali community
True
True or false? Cardiff does not have a congestion problem
False
True or false? Cardiff has many commuters from the surrounding areas
True
Give 2 urban challenges that Cardiff faces
Reducing congestion, Reducing poverty and deprivation in Butetown.