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 5 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 5 costs of internet shopping?
Not everyone has the internet difficult to return products CBD lose trade and therefore job lose Delivery vans mean more traffic congestion Online card fraud.
Give 6 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
Where are or expected to be most of the fastest growing cities?
Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia
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 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
What are the pull factors have caused rural to urban migration in Mumbai your NIC city example
Pull - Job opportunities, Cheap rail travel, More educational opportunities.
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
What connections does Mumbai have to the rest of the world?
Mumbai international airport
Tata Steel
Bollywood
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
International airport
The Principality Stadium (Millennium Stadium).
Admiral a Multinational Company
BBC TV Programmes such as Dr Who.
What large community of Cardiff have?
Somali
What problem does Cardiff have?
Congestion problem
Cardiff has many commuters from the surrounding area
True
Give 3 urban challenges that Cardiff faces
Reducing congestion
Reducing poverty
deprivation in Butetown.
