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UKs HUMAN evolving landscape Flashcards

1
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Describe

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Tell me about

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Explain

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Give reasons why

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Multiplier effect

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When people or businesses move to an area and invest money on housing and
services, which in turn creates more jobs and attracts more people,

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Urban core

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The most densely populated areas of the UK. These are the economic core regions
of a country e.g. London in the South East. People migrate to live and work in
these areas for the higher potential incomes found here.

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Rural periphery

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Areas away from the urban core, These areas have a low population density, older
populations, lower incomes, high transport costs and an out-migration of younger
people. Allerdale in the Lake District in Cumbria,

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Affluent

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Higher income people

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Lower population density

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This means that an area is rural with few people living per sq km.

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Enterprise zones

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These are places where the UK government offers companies help with start-up
costs, reduced taxes on profits and access to superfast broadband.

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Globalisation

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The ways in which countries become increasingly connected to each other through
economic inter-dependence, trade, technology, international flows of investment,
outsourcing and culture.

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Multicultural

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Different ethnic groups live there

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Ageing population

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This means that there is a high proportion living in a place of an elderly age.

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Depopulation

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The decline of the total population of an area.

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Suburbanisation

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

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Decentralisation

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

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Retail parks

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These are out of town shopping parks e.g. The Meadows. They are built out of
town and are near major roads.

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E-commerce

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When you buy goods online

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Business parks

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Areas for employment built outside of towns and cities and close to major roads

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Counter-urbanisation

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When people leave towns and cities to live in the countryside

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Re-urbanisation

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When people who used to live in the city and then moved out to the country or to
a suburb, move back to live in the citv.

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Regeneration

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Redeveloping former industrial areas or housing to improve them

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Brownfield site

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An area of disused and derelict land, normally located in an urban area that is
available for redevelopment.

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Gentrification

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High income earners move into run-down areas to be closer to their workplace,
often resulting in the rehabilitation and regeneration of the area to conform with
middle class lifestyles.

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Studentification

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Communities benefit from local universities which provide employment
opportunities and a large student population which can regenerate pubs, shop and
buy-to-let properties.

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Rebranded

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Give a place a new brand and replace the old on e

25
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Sustainable living

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Where a resource use meets human needs while preserving the environment for
present generations, but also for generations to come.

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Quaternary sector

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Knowledge based jobs which normally include the use of technology e.B. financial
banking.

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Teleworking

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Working from home

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Footloose

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These are companies or industries that are not tied to one location and are found
in the new economy

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New economy

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The growth in the tertiary sector since the 1980s

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Free trade

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Free flow of goods and services without tariffs

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Privatisation

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The change of ownership of services

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TNC

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Transnational Corporation - a business that has offices or factories in 2 or more
countries

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Infrastructure

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Rail, roads, bridges, airports

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Connectivity

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How easy it is to travel or connect with other places

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Rural urban fringe

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Where a town or city meets the countryside

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Migrants

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People who move from one place to another inside a country

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Ethnic segregation

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

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Multiple-deprivation index

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The government complies census data on incomes, housing, health and services. It
helps to assess in which areas a community is deprived or poor.

39
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Deindustrialisation

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

40
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Quality of life

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The overall wellbeing and happiness of a person, This is determined by a large
number of factors such as standard of living (how much you earn), access to
healthcare, access to education, access to services, crime rate in an area, access to
entertainment.

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Affordable housing

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Cheaper housing that low-income groups can afford to live in

42
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Green space

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Open space such as parks

43
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Energy efficiency

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Using less energy to perform the same task- producing same result

44
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Accessible

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How easy something is to get to such as a place or in relation to being able to use
services such as your GP

45
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Dormitory town/village

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Settlements in the rural-urban fringe where people live and leave each morning to
commute to work in nearby towns or cities.

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Deprived area

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An area that lacks wealth or services. It usually means a low standard of living for
the people that live there.

47
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Index of multiple deprivation

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Means of showing how deprived an area is

48
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Diversification

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When farms try to find other ways of earning money other than be just farming
Examples include opening a farm shop such as in Cornwall.

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What’s the multiplier effect

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When people migrate to cities and regions for work, spend money they earn there, encourage more to live there and creating more jobs

50
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4 incentives that the government put in place to make the uk more attractive to investors

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  1. Enterprise zones: areas where uk government offers company help with start-up cost like fast broadband and produced taxes
  2. EU grants: funds to help the poorest regions of the EU
  3. Improvement to transport: mostly taking place in uks urban cores
  4. Regional development grant: 
51
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Causes of population growth

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  1. Increased birth rate
  2. Net immigration
52
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Why has birth rate increased

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Improvement to healthcare
Women choosing to have children later on in life
Older women choosing to have children after postponing it for their career

53
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4 Main reasons for globalisation

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Containerisation, improve transport, free trade, foreign direct investment

54
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4 Main reasons for Londons expansion

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Family size, suburbanisation, counterurbanisation, increasing divorce and later marriage

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Four main factors that caused re-urbanisation

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Gentrification, investment, space – closure of industries has less space for redevelopment, studentification 

56
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6 main London problems

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Transport, affordable housing, energy efficiency, employment, green space, landfill – waste

GEOG: paper 2 (5 decks)

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