Gg Flashcards
(33 cards)
Define population density
Number of people per km squared
Define conurbation
When a city expands outwards and absorbs smaller settlements that used to be separate
Describe age structure in the uks urban core regions
Younger and single people
What is the north south divide
Gap between the poorest and richest people in the uk
List 2 reasons why the uks population has grown in recent years
Natural increase
Immigration
Why did uk immigration rise rapidly in 2004
Eu expansion
Which region in the uk attracts the greatest number of retirement migrants
South west
Name a region in the uk that experienced almost no population growth between 1981 and 2011
North east
Why did the NE receive no population growth
Deindustrialisation
Name one of London CBDs
Canary Wharf
2 characteristics of London CBD
High rise buildings
High land value
Define deprivation
A lack of wealth and services
List 2 causes of decline in London sinner city
Suburbanisation
Deindustrialisation
Define regeneration
Redeveloping former industrial area or housing to improve them
Which part of London was turned into the Olympic park
An area of derelict land on the river lea in Stratford, Newham
Give an environmental benefit of Olympic park
4000 new trees created, no greenfield land used
Name the location of a rural village with interconnections with London
Terling
Give four characteristics of the urban core
High rise buildings
Young single people
High density
Retail office jobs (tertiary)
Name four characteristics of the rural preriphery
Houses with gardens
Older married people
Lower density
Farming & fishing jobs
Suggest 3 reasons for internal migration
Filling WW2 job shortages (wind rush)
Eu expansion
2015 war in Syria and iraq
Explain 2 reasons for natural population increase
- Women in 20s having kids earlier
- Overseas born women having higher fertility rates than UK born women
Why do wales have a high population growth
Retirement migration
Why do London have a fast population increase
Lots of jobs there - HSBC bank
Why do the North East have a low population increase
Low employment rate- Deindustrialisation (closure of shipyards and mines)
