Uk's Human Environment

Question 1

What is a core reigion and examples?

Answer 1

A core region is somewhere like London, Liverpool, Manchester. They produce high amounts of money for the Uk economy

Question 2

What is population density?

Answer 2

How many people live in area

Question 3

Why are poverty levels high in rural areas?

Answer 3

Usally less oppotunites available so no taxes aee needed to be payed

Question 4

Why is population density higher in the Urban core?

Answer 4

Young adults propoties are more expensive, people cannot afford to move. More oppotunities

Question 5

What are enterprise zones?

Answer 5

Uk goverment created 55 zones across Uk, they reduce taxes, simpler planning rules and improved inferstructure

Question 6

What is the Burgees model?

Answer 6

D- Urban-rural fridge
C-Suburbs
B-inner city
A- Central Business District (CBD)

Question 7

What is site?

Answer 7

The location or land on which a place is built

Question 8

What is situation?

Answer 8

Location of a place in relation to other places

Question 9

What is a service?

Answer 9

Inner city areas have higher migration rates, increase demand for services

Question 10

What is deindustrilisation?

Answer 10

The decline of industry activity in reigon

Question 11

What is suburbanisation?

Answer 11

People leave inner city for a house inthe outer suburbs

Question 12

What is Decentralisation?

Answer 12

Movement of people, factories, offices and shops away from the city centre to suburbs and edge of city locations

Question 13

What is e-commerce?

Answer 13

Growth of online shopping which puts pressure on high street shops

Question 14

What is gentrification?

Answer 14

Weathier people move into run down areas and regenrate them by imporoving their house

Question 15

What is the urban sprawl?

Answer 15

Most growth taken place in the rural-urban fridge. Large shopping centrss have been buillt on the edge where land is cheaper

Question 16

What is regeneration?

Answer 16

Redeveloping former industrial areas or housing to improve them

Question 17

What is re-branding?

Answer 17

Improving the image to encourage people to go there, changing the name and theme of an area

Question 18

What is a brownfeild site?

Answer 18

Building something which has had something there before

Question 19

Why are people moving to east devon?

Answer 19

Very accessable eventhough 170miles from london
Exeter attractive location for comapnies because land is cheaper and area mostly rural

Question 20

Why is there pressure on housing in devon?

Answer 20

Population change
Two thirds east devon classified as area of outstanding natural beauty
No shortage on leisure attractions

Question 21

What is labour, goods and services?

Answer 21

Labour- a work forces
Goods- physical materials or products
Services- functions that satisfy our needs

Question 22

What are some rural challenges?

Answer 22

Tecnology in agriculture results in less number of workers needed
Average age high so more health care and special facilities
Schools in villages closing due to declining number of puplis