1.2 - Why Are There So Many People In Berkshire? Flashcards
Rural Population Trends
Population gets older overtime
Urban Population Trends
Population is getting younger due to student population, migration patterns, high fertility rates in migrants.
Urban Population Trends
Population is getting younger due to student population, migration patterns, high fertility rates in migrants.
General London Patterns
Higher wages/sector jobs
More migration
Peripheral migration decreasing –> peripheral decrease
London more educated and richer
North is poorer and segregated leading to large North/South discrepencies.
Uneven UK Distribution
84% of population live in England as areas like Scotland have less jobs, highlands, are less hospitable and more isolated.
Main Changes In SE England
Reurbanisation and counter-urbanisation
Urbanisation
University students move to London and remain for quaternary sector jobs
Counter-Urbanisation
Families drawn to outskirts/home counties whilst commuting to London
Main Changes Outside SE England
Deindustrialisation, Underinvestment in transport infrastructure and rural desirability decline.
De-Industrialisation
Decline in demand for old manufracturing heartlands e.g. Stoke On Trent
Rural Desirability
Declines the further you move away from major towns/cities.
Scunthorpe
Spiral of decline
Deindustrialisation
People moving out of cities
Old people left behind
Weak labour force
Primary jobs eradicated
Who Lives in Slough?
Middle classed people
Commuters to London
Immigrant population
Where Is Slough?
SE England, close to London and Heathrow Airport
What Have We Got?
Transport infrastructure/crosslinks, NHS and Private healthcare, Slough Trading Estate, Great Education and M4 Corridor
