The Uk's Evolving Human Landscape - Topic 5

Question 1

Population Density

Answer 1

The number of people per kilometre squared

Question 2

Rural Periphery

Answer 2

Areas away from the urban cores. 
Characteristics of the rural periphery:
-older population 
-more sparsely populated
-lower incomes 
-high transport costs 
-high out migration of younger people

Question 3

Immigration

Answer 3

The movement of people into a country

Question 4

Emigration

Answer 4

The movement of people out of a country

Question 5

Net Migration

Answer 5

The difference between immigration and emigration.

Question 6

Primary Production

Answer 6

This involves acquiring raw materials. Anything that comes out of the ground, sea or air.

Question 7

Secondary Production

Answer 7

This is the manufacturing and assembly process. Marking or assembling products.

Question 8

Tertiary Production

Answer 8

These are commercial services such as doctors, firefighters, hairdressers or footballers. These provide a service.

Question 9

Deindustrialisation

Answer 9

Decreased activity in manufacturing and closure of industries, leading to unemployment.

Question 10

New Economy

Answer 10

The new economy refers to the growth in tertiary sector since the 1980s.

Question 11

Quaternary Sector

Answer 11

Knowledge based jobs which normally includes the use of technology eg. Financial banking.

Question 12

Knowledge Economy

Answer 12

An economy based in specialised knowledge and skill. Jobs require degrees and specialised training.

Question 13

Globalisation

Answer 13

Increased connections between countries around the world.

Question 14

Free Trade

Answer 14

The free flow of goods and services between places. There are no tariffs (extra charges) added.

Question 15

Privatisation

Answer 15

The change of ownership from the public sector (government) to the private sector (owned by shareholders).

Question 16

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

Answer 16

Investment from abroad.

Question 17

Transnational Corporations (TNC)

Answer 17

A company that operates in more than 1 country and therefore causes more globalisation.

Question 18

Global Shift

Answer 18

The change of location of companies usually from developed to developing world countries.

Question 19

Urban Structure

Answer 19

How the city land uses are structured.

Question 20

Site

Answer 20

The actual piece of land built on.

Question 21

Situation

Answer 21

The location within the surrounding area incl.UK

Question 22

Connectivity (economic/cultural)

Answer 22

How easy it is to connect and travel to other places.

Question 23

Building Age

Answer 23

Different ages of buildings.

Question 24

Housing Density

Answer 24

How developed a housing area is. High density means lots of houses per kilometre squares and a high number of people.

Question 25

Land Use Zones

Answer 25

The land use structure.

Question 26

Environmental Quality

Answer 26

The quality of the environment.

Question 27

Pollution

Answer 27

Air, land and sea.

Question 28

CBD

Answer 28

Central Business District
The oldest part of the city, where it first began. It’s also the place where most offices are found - as the term CBD suggests; its central!

Question 29

Ethnic Segregation

Answer 29

When people of a particular ethnic group chose to live with others from the same ethnic group.

Question 30

Deprivation

Answer 30

The lack of access to goods and services needed to live a good quality of life.

Question 31

Deindustrialisation

Answer 31

Decreased activity in manufacturing and closure of industries, leading to unemployment.

Question 32

Suburbanisation

Answer 32

The movement of people from the inner suburbs to the outer suburbs.

Question 33

Depopulation

Answer 33

The decline of the total population of an area.

Question 34

Decentralisation

Answer 34

Shift of shopping activity and employment away from the CBD to new areas.

Question 35

Counter Urbanisation

Answer 35

The movement away from cities to more rural areas.

Question 36

Green Belt

Answer 36

To limit London’s further growth, a green belt was introduced by planners to protect the countryside. It created a ‘belt’ where no major building was allowed. Further growth to London has to occur beyond this ‘belt’ in cities such as Chelmsford. So it stops urban areas from expanding by saying to people that they can buy and sell this land as much as they want, but they can’t expect to build housing estates or industrial estates on it; it stays as countryside.