5.2 Uk Is Changing Flashcards

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What ahppened between 1970 and 1982

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More people left UK than moved into UK and costant flow kf british leaving UKnsince 1970.

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What happened since 1983 in UK

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More people have mobed to UK than left and net migration has been increasing

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Distribution in UK

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Young national and international migrants move to major cities-where most jobs and universities located.
Wealthy people move out of cities to seek better quality of life in rural areas and London has highest number of people leaving

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Age strcuture in UK

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-large numbers of young migrants increases the population in age group
- Migration also affects the age structure ok UK by increasing birth rate, 13% population are immigrants

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5
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Burnely industry decline

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-textiles industry declined due to cheap imports in UK
- primary and seconday sector declined as several factories closed 1990 and 2000 with loss of hundred jobs.
-employment rate is 65% and wages are well below UK average.

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Tertiary jobs incling

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-1992 difference part of regions started work together more to achieve economic growth.
-Costs are lower than London and easier to start up new businesses
-helped to attract investors.

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FDI growth

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FDI is composed of the flows of money (capital) from businesses in one country to another.
The flow of finance allows the companies to become involved inn the business life & markets
of the receiving country – for the UK, this is the EU markets.

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