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Topic 5: The UK's Evolving Human Landscape Flashcards

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Population density

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The number of people per kilometre squared

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Conurbations

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Lots of cities put together

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Multiplier effect

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Where more people are needed if you do something

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Counter urbanisation

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Moving out of urban areas to suburbs

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Rural periphery

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Areas away from the urban cores

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Enterprise zone

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A compromise from the government to encourage people or big firms to move there. For example, they might reduce taxes or provide start-up costs

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Regional development grants

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Grant of money to allow companies to start up in rural areas. However, funds are small.

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EU grants

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Where the EU provides grants for rundown areas. However, that is across the whole of the UK

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Transport/Internet improvements

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Improving transport links to rural areas and getting faster Internet so people can work from home

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Immigration

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Movement of people into a country

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Emigration

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Movement out of the country

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Net migration

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Balance between immigration and emigration

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Primary

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Anything that comes out of the air, land or sea

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Secondary

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Use raw materials to make things or assemble things

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Tertiary

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Service industry. For example, insurance, transport, advertising Etc.

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Quaternary

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Knowledge based industry

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Knowledge economy

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An economy based on specialised knowledge and skill

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Footloose

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Flexible, you can work anywhere. You do the same job in different places across the country or the world

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Globalisation

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Increased connections between countries around the world. This can be due to TNC’s, shipping route or containerisation

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Urban structure

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How the city land uses are structured

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Site

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The actual piece of land built on

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Situation

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The location within the surrounding area including the UK

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Connectivity

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How easy it is to connect and travel to other places

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Building age

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Different ages of buildings

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Housing density

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How developed a housing area. High density = lots of houses per km2 and a high number of people

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Land use zones

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The land use structure

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Environmental quality

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The quality of the environment

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Pollution

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Air, land, sea

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Free trade

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The free flow of goods and services between places. No tariffs added

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Privatisation

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

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Foreign direct investment

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Investment from abroad

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Transnational corporations

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

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Global shift

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

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Airport “hub”

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Lots of links around the world.

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Deprivation

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

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Deindustralisation

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

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Depopulation

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The decline of the total population of an area

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Decentralisation

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

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Suburbanisation

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

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Reurbanisation

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The movement of people from the outer suburbs in towards the city

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Green belt

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Undeveloped areas of land around the edge of cities with strict planning controls

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