Topic 5 Flashcards

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FDI

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Foreign direct investment

Invest land or buildings to build their industries
Or
Buy or invest in an already exsisting company

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2
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Enterprise zone

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A place where the governament develops an area by bringing industry creating jobs, lower taxes etc

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3
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Net migration

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Amount of people coming in and out

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4
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Economy stages

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Primary-agriculture and mining
Secondary-manifacturing
Tertiary-trade, services
Quartiary-I.T. development and research

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5
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Globalisation

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Countries communicate and become intergrated. Exports, inports and deals happen

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6
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Privatisation

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Services that were previously ran by governament ran by independent companies now

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7
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Free trade

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Reducing import and export restrictions

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8
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Rebranding

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Rebranding is about changing how a city looks to atract people

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9
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Strategies to make urban places more sustainable

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Employment-increasing jobs decreases poverty
Recycling-more recycling means fewer resources are used
Green spaces-makes a place where people want to go, work and live
Transport-noises and pollution can be reduced by adding congestion zones which discourages people to drive there. Bike lanes makes it safer for the public. Electric transport reduces emissions

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