uk human facts

Question 1

uk gov plans to reduce regional differences

Answer 1

SEZ eg Newquay Aero Hub
- reduce taxes to encourage business and kickstart multiplier effect
TRANSPORT eg HS2
- to improve access to services
- all commute to london
EU grants
- funding for poorest areas
- only Cornwall qualified

Question 2

UK migrant policy

Answer 2

EU open door policy
- free movement of EU citizens
- since leaving EU those coming to work need to pay for a visa
QUOTAS
- number of migrants limited
- based on your job to fill the countries needs

Question 3

new post industrial UK economy

Answer 3

• high wage knowledge based economy (mainly in urban core)
• low wage services spread throughout the UK
• new rural activities - farm diversification, teleworking

Question 4

examples of UK cities in all regions

Answer 4

NW - Manchester
NE - Newcastle
SE - London
SW - Cornwall

Question 5

Dinnington

Answer 5

in the NE of england

Question 6

Dinnington old economy

Answer 6

• primary sector was main
• 130 mining pits in 1950 but these have all closed
• this fuels secondary eg shipbuilding - coal from mining made steel to build ships

Question 7

dinnington deindustrialisation

Answer 7

• coal too expensive and too little of it
• steel suffered from decline in coal + overseas competition(cheaper/ bigger )
• old mines now a business park - become tertiary (40% lower pay than london)

Question 8

london dock lands

Answer 8

SE of england

Question 9

london docklands jobs

Answer 9

• banking/ investment
• knowledge economy
  eg law IT insurance
• highly skilled workers / high pay - attract business
  £100,000 yearly

Question 10

knowledge vs new economy

Answer 10

knowledge is a highly specialised section of the new economy (mainly in london)

Question 11

UK economy and globalisation/ privatisation/ free trade

Answer 11

FDI increase by 88%
- 60% of TNCs in UK in London
- TNC eg Nissan
- privatisation eg Network rail
- global shift eg Dyson

Question 12

situation of London

Answer 12

time zone
- finance can trade with asia, Australia and new york
close to europe
- trade by sea so quick grew economy rapidly

Question 13

London International connectivity

Answer 13

media hotspot
- eg BBC
transport
- eg Heathrow

Question 14

inner city eg

Answer 14

Hackney

Question 15

inner suburbs eg

Answer 15

camden

Question 16

outer suburbs eg

Answer 16

barnet

Question 17

urban-rural fringe eg

Answer 17

epping

Question 18

Newham vs Richmond

Answer 18

education
- 26% vs 64% educated to degree
income
- 38% children in poverty
health
- 6% vs 3% infant mortality

Question 19

reasons for londons urban sprawl

Answer 19

• counter urbanisation
• suburbanisation
• increasing divorce

Question 20

reasons for londons growth due to re urbanisation

Answer 20

• studentification
• regeneration
• gentrification - housing qual improves due to rich moving there

Question 21

stratford

Answer 21

environmental
- 560 acres improved
- soil cleaned
- future (more people = pollution)
economic
- £9bill investment
- 40,000 new jobs
- unemployment increases
social
- 58% growth
- 3,000 houses now unaffordable - renters kicked out - landowners gain

Question 22

london sustainability - waste

Answer 22

aimed to reduce household waste by 10%
- by providing recycling sites and waste burning power stations to heat houses

Question 23

london sustainability - employment

Answer 23

no. working from home doubled in 2012
-lower congestion and air pollution
- less pressure on public transport

Question 24

london sustainability - affordable housing

Answer 24

29000 new affordable houses being built - not enough
FIRST STEPS - shared ownership - still cost £13000 monthly

Question 25

cornwall deprivation

Answer 25

• only 40% of villages have doctors surgery
• travel 30 miles for sixth form
• global shift means falling milk prices - 60% reduction in dairy farming
• rent increases of houses hard for locals to stay (due to holiday homes)