uk changes timeline Flashcards
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Changes to uk in 1960’s
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- social housing built
- Inward international migration from Pakistan and India
- The development of transporting people (development of the jet aircraft) and goods (containerisation) in the 1950’s will accelerate the movement of people and goods
- Commonwealth act of 1962 : restricts the flow of commonwealth migrants to those with skills, encouraging economic migration
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Changes to uk in 1970’s
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- decline in secondary industry in cities such as Liverpool and Birmingham. An increase in unemployment and poor city living conditions encouraged migration away from major city hubs
- Docks became unnecessary, with improving plane transportation, therefore large-scale dereliction in docks such as London, liverpool and Salford
- Inward international migration from Vietnam, Bangladesh and chile (following a military coup)
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Changes to uk in 1980’s
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- uk government begins to offer tax incentives and special economic zones to try to encourage foreign direct and TNC’s establishing offices or manufacturing within the uk
- First internet developed. Over time, this will lead to the development of online banking (1984), allowing capital and financial transaction to transfer around the world quickly
- Inward international migration from China, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Somalia and Australia
- Economic recession
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Changes to UK 1990’s
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- growth in the UK population is Mainly due to net migration
- Conflict in the Congo, balkans Yemen and Kosovo encourages international migration to the UK
- The collapse of the Soviet Union also encourages migration to the UK, as migrants wish to improve their quality of life
- 1944 : the first smartphone is developed
- The NHS begins recruiting overseas, trying to use migrants to fill their skill gaps
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Changes to the uk in 2000’s
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- the race relations amendment act aimed to reduce racial tensions and reduce discrimination by the police and government
- suburbanisation accelerates, creating new towns for highly- paid migrants to move into, offering them a more rural lifestyle whilst maintint their job in the city nearby
- EU freedom of movement : increased migrants from the UK due to reduced limitations
- Increase in the creation of religious secondary and primary schools, to cater for Muslim and Jewish migrants
- Development of social media (Facebook, twitter, WhatsApp) allows personal and business connection across the world
- Expansion of the EU to include previously Soviet states increases the number of polish, Slovakian and Lithuanian migrants
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Changes to the uk in 2010’s
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- multicultural city, shown through the Olympic Games the election of Sadie khan and clustering of different cultures and ethnicities
- Conflict in Syria pushes asylum seekers into the UK
- Brexit causes uncertainty in migration and population patterns : increased outward migration of some British wishing to live in Spain and France
