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population density is
the average number of people in an area
population density calculation
population
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area
economic activity of birmingham
mining, metal, engineering
economic activity
newcastle and glasgow
ship building
economic activity
manchester
textile centres
manufacturing industries have..
gone over seas
manufacturing industries have been replaced with
services (finance)
uk rural periphery
- low population density
- older population
- lower income
- high transport costs
- out-migration of younger people
make rural peripheral more attractive
- enterprise zones
- regional development grants
- EU grants
- improve transportation
enterprise zone
governments offer companies money to start up
regional development grants
grants and advice to help businesses start up
eu grants
help poor people of eu
improve transportation
vital to rural region
net immigration is
difference between emigrants and immigrants
immigration of uk age & cause
age: 18-35
-eu membership
-globalisation
(knowledge economy)
rising birth rate
- women in 20s have children earlier
- older women have children later for career reasons
- overseas women have higher fertility rate (religious)
effects of ageing population:
- elderly needs services
- movement away from core
- movement away from peripheral areas (services in core)
changing population within uk
3 million people move within uk (every year)
- affordable property
- retirement
knowledge economy
quaternary sector based on specialised knowledge and skills
skilled, full time, high salaries
new economy
tertiary sector, low salaries
services, unskilled, low wage
new rural economy
Benefit
better health better productivity save child care money suits disabled people less sickness
new rural economy
negative
difficult to motivate
work never disappears
isolated from colleagues
new rural economy
flexibility of work
work at home
globalisation
increase connections between countries
