The UK’s Evolving Human Landscape

Question 1

Urban areas cover …

Answer 1

6% of the land area in the UK

Question 2

What are the characteristics of Urban areas

Answer 2

Densely populated
Home to 83% of the UK population
The focus for most economic activities (exceptions are primary activities: farming, forestry, mining)
Infrastructure hubs: train and bus stations
Cultural centres: museums, theatres, libraries
High property prices

Question 3

Rural areas cover …

Answer 3

94% of the land area in the UK

Question 4

What are the characteristics of rural areas

Answer 4

Lower population density
Ageing population
Economic activities tend to be primary or tourism
Cheaper land prices

Question 5

The urban core is surrounded by …

Answer 5

The urban fringe

Question 6

What are the rural settlements

Answer 6

Villages
Hamlets
Dispersed settlements

Question 7

Urban cores have the …

Answer 7

Younger average age

Question 8

Rural areas have …

Answer 8

Older average age

Question 9

What do enterprise zone do

Answer 9

Reduced taxes on any profits made
Support with start up costs
Infrastructure - including internet access
Simplified planning to allow construction of buildings

Question 10

What did the transport improvements do

Answer 10

Introduce the HS2,new tracks,new roads

Question 11

How has the UK’s population increased

Answer 11

Natural increase
Net migration

Question 12

What is migration

Answer 12

the movement of people across an official boundary, either internationally or nationally, with the intention of creating a permanent place of residence

Question 13

What are the impacts of national migration

Answer 13

This internal migration has led to the population density of the modern UK, where the majority of people live in urban areas due to the Industrial Revolution

Question 14

What are the effects of migration

Answer 14

Question 15

What is an economic activity

Answer 15

The production purchase or selling of goods and services

Question 16

What is the Clark Fisher model

Answer 16

Question 17

What are the positive impacts of Deindustrialisation

Answer 17

UK has developed expertise in secondary and tertiary economic activities which are in demand around the world
London is the second most important financial centre in the world after New York

Question 18

What are the negative impacts of deindustrialisation

Answer 18

Job losses in the secondary industry led to large areas of deprivation especially in inner cities such as Liverpool and Leeds
Increasing numbers of transnational corporations (TNCs) have moved their factories and offices to emerging and developing countries

Question 19

What are the 3 main causes of economic change in the uk

Answer 19

Deindustrialisation
Globalisation
Government policy changes

Question 20

What is Globalisation

Answer 20

where the world has become more interconnected through the processes of economics, culture, politics, trade and tourism

Question 21

Globalisation, free trade policies and privatisation have all …

Answer 21

Increased

Question 22

What is the role of TNC’s in the UK

Answer 22

Question 23

When was London established

Answer 23

CE43

Question 24

Why is London the capital city of the UK

Answer 24

Easy access to Europe via the Thames
It location between the international time zones of USA (5+ hours behind) and south-east Asia (5+ hours ahead) which makes it ideal for people working internationally

Question 25

What is London’s importance

Answer 25

Question 26

What is the Burgess ring model

Answer 26

Question 27

What is the CBD

Answer 27

The oldest buildings and the high rise buildings in London are found in the CBD
The radial roads mean that accessibility was good here, train lines also met here
High rise buildings have increased and are the result of high land value, maximising the use of the space
High street chain stores tend to locate here
Lots of traffic/ people

Question 28

What is the inner city

Answer 28

Terraced housing: such as housing around the dock areas
Old factories/warehouses and dock areas many of which have now been converted and regenerated
Blocks of flats have replaced terrace housing in many areas

Question 29

What is the suburbs

Answer 29

Housing size increases in these areas
Houses are newer often inter-war (1920s/30s)
Attractive to families
Expansion of the underground system allowed people to live further from the city
Smaller shops
Lower population density

Question 30

What is the urban fringe

Answer 30

Building and population density is lower
Housing here was built in the 1970s/80s and 1990s
Increasingly industry, retail and businesses are moving to these areas due to:
Cheaper land
More space
Nicer environment
Better accessibility next to M25

Question 31

What does the value of land vary on

Answer 31

decreases from the centre, outwards
Higher land prices are also found along main roads, urban hubs and around ring roads
The location of the land:
Is important to value
The closer to key functions, the higher the value
Accessibility and desirability increase land value

Question 32

What are the factors that cause urban decline

Answer 32

Deindustrialisation
Depopulation
Decentralisation and suburbanisation
E-commerce

Question 33

What are the factors that cause re-urbanisation

Answer 33

Development of brownfield sites
Gentrification

Question 34

What is gentrification

Answer 34

The process in which older areas, often the inner city, are redeveloped and become desirable places to live

Question 35

What is urban regeneration

Answer 35

the investment of capital in the revival of old, urban areas by either improving what is there or clearing it away and rebuilding

Question 36

What does London depend on rural areas for

Answer 36

Goods
Services
Labour

Question 37

What are the issues facing rural areas

Answer 37

Availability
Affordability