Key terms Flashcards
(14 cards)
AT Kearney Index
Measures how globalised a country has become
BRICS group
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
Brownfield sites
Abandoned or derelict land (usually urban) previously used by industrial/commercial/residential purposes
Censorship
the restriction of information by a government
Centripetal Migration
Movement of people directly towards the centre of urban areas
Commodities
raw materials traded globally, such as food, energy, and minerals
Containerisation
The practice f transporting merchandise in large containers
Contamination
understanding different types of pollutants, their sources, impacts, and management strategies
Cultural diffusion
The practice of promoting the culture/ language of one nation over another, it is usually the case that the former is a large, economically or militarily powerful nation and the latter is a smaller, less affluent one
Cultural landscape
the landscape of place that has been shaped over time in characteristic ways by the combined actions of natural world and human processes
Cultural traits
Culture can be broken down into individual component parts, such as the clothing people wear or their language, each component is called a cultural trait
Cumulative Causation
a self-reinforcing process where initial successes in one area lead to further growth and development, creating a cycle of positive feedback
Deglobalisation
The idea that the world may be experiencing decreased economic integration of countries and reduced cross border movement of goods, services and capital
Deindustrialisation
The mass closure of industries in regions traditionally associated with secondary industrial production, often features high unemployment levels, due to global shift
