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Flashcards in Retailing, Global Cities, Global Cities Connections, Mumbai & Cardiff Deck (26)
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1
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What do the letters CBD stand for?

A

Central Business District

2
Q

What are the 5 economic factors have changed retailing?

A
Home delivery firms
Congestion in cities
Free parking at out of town retail parks
High parking costs in city centres
Monthly wages.
3
Q

What 2 cultural factors have changed retailing?

A

Car-dependent society

Bulk buying

4
Q

What 4 technological factors have changed retailing?

A

High broadband speeds, Sophisticated websites, Online only retailers, Internet Banking.

5
Q

What are 4 benefits of out of town shopping centres?

A
Large free car parking
Near major road junctions
Room for expansion
Cheaper land values
near suburban housing estates.
6
Q

What are 4 costs of out of town shopping centres?

A

Attracts shoppers away from CBD
Cause congestion on surrounding roads
Chain stores
Land use conflict with other developments such as business parks.

7
Q

What are 5 benefits of internet shopping?

A
Convenient and cheaper
Purchase products you can’t buy locally
less time consuming
reduction in traffic congestion
delivery jobs.
8
Q

What are 5 costs of internet shopping?

A
Not everyone has the internet
difficult to return products
CBD lose trade and therefore job lose
Delivery vans mean more traffic congestion
Online card fraud.
9
Q

Give 6 ways that Lancaster CBD fought back

A
New paving in pedestrianised areas
new street furniture,
Signage (Wayfinding)
Market day on Wednesday
Secure bike racks,
Trees planted.
10
Q

What does the word urbanisation mean?

A

The growth of towns and cities

11
Q

How many residents does a city need to have before it is called a ‘megacity’?

A

10 million

12
Q

Where are or expected to be most of the fastest growing cities?

A

Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia

13
Q

What does the word globalisation mean?

A

The global web of links between countries involving people, trade, ideas and culture.

14
Q

What are global cities?

A

Cities that play an important role in the global economic system of finance and trade.

15
Q

What 5 features do global cities have.

A

Finance & Trade
Governance and decision making
Media and information (Ideas, Information, innovation), Migration Cultural centres (Diversity)
Transport hubs

16
Q

What are the push that have caused rural to urban migration in Mumbai your NIC city example

A

Push - Countryside areas are poor, lack healthcare, limited job opportunities, poor sanitation

17
Q

What are the pull factors have caused rural to urban migration in Mumbai your NIC city example

A

Pull - Job opportunities, Cheap rail travel, More educational opportunities.

18
Q

What types of jobs do the people that live in extreme poverty in Mumbai do?

A

Informal jobs

19
Q

What is the name of Mumbai’s biggest slum?

A

Dharavi

20
Q

What connections does Mumbai have to the rest of the world?

A

Mumbai international airport
Tata Steel
Bollywood

21
Q

Give 2 urban challenges Mumbai faces

A

Reducing poverty and deprivation,

Housing (Chawls, Squatter Homes-Slums, Pavement Dwellers.)

22
Q

The HIC global city of Cardiff has a large sphere of influence that connects it to the rest of the world

A

International airport
The Principality Stadium (Millennium Stadium).
Admiral a Multinational Company
BBC TV Programmes such as Dr Who.

23
Q

What large community of Cardiff have?

A

Somali

24
Q

What problem does Cardiff have?

A

Congestion problem

25
Q

Cardiff has many commuters from the surrounding area

A

True

26
Q

Give 3 urban challenges that Cardiff faces

A

Reducing congestion
Reducing poverty
deprivation in Butetown.