Uk Econ

Question 1

Post industrial

Answer 1

Finance = 2mill + 10% GDP, Service =79% output, 1.3 million in IT sector, Research = 60000, BAS= 500 + research on sea ice and ocean acidification

Question 2

Southampton business park

Answer 2

Links to UNI, graduate source, green areas, meeting rooms, coffee shop, broadband, health club, M3, Photonstar=lighting products, Fibrecore= manufacturing of fibre optic cables

Question 3

Cobalt business park Newcastle

Answer 3

A1 nearby + airport 20 min away, Gov assistance, 2015 Siemens, IBM, Santanders, cycleways, green space, retail outlets, fitness centre

Question 4

South Cambridgeshire

Answer 4

Increasing 150,000 pop due to migration (Cambridge and Eastern Europe), 65+ growing, 80% car ownership leads to traffic, less community spirit, high costs, less employment in agriculture, lack of affordable housing, high petrol prices pressure on services

Question 5

Outer Hebrides

Answer 5

Pop fell by 50% since 1901, young people moving away, fall in school children and school closures, ageing pop, services closing, small farms only provide work for 2 days a week, tourism but can’t be supported by infrastructure

Question 6

Road improvements

Answer 6

100 new schemes by 2020, 1300 new lane miles added to motorways and trunk road so smart motorways, £2 billion road widening project on A303 will create a superhighway to Exeter

Question 7

Rail Improvements

Answer 7

HS2 London-Birmingham, trans-Pennine rail links cut journeys by 15 minutes, Crossrail reduce journey times across London bring 1.5 million more within 45 minute commute of London

Question 8

UK ports

Answer 8

Liverpool2 double port capacity to 1.5 million containers a year, create thousands of jobs, boost economy, reduce freight traffic, Avonmouth will have 195 million invested for bulk handling and storage facilities

Question 9

Airport dev

Answer 9

London Airport Heathrow may get a 3rd runway £18.6 billion, more jobs in region

Question 10

North-South Divide

Question 11

North south management

Answer 11

Local enterprise partnerships: local authorities + businesses that help to identify needs and encourage companies to invest in order to boost economy (Lancashire LEP = promote new businesses and create 50000 jobs by 2023, improve transport with £20 million investment, 6000 high skilled jobs), Enterprise zones (provide business rate discount, ensure fast broadband, simpler planning regs)

Question 12

Environmental impacts of industry

Answer 12

Ugly, processes can lead to ground, water and air pollution, transport= pollution, quarrying can destroy habitats, pollute water courses, scar landscapes

Question 13

How make more sustainable (Uk industry)

Answer 13

Care in design , desulphurisation of gases, tech to reduce emissions, heavy fines + mines can recycle metals, restore quarry after used, strict controls on removal of dust and blasts

Question 14

Torr quarry

Answer 14

Employs over 100, £15 million to econ, 200 acres restored, monitoring of noise, vibration, dust, water quality, plan to turn it into wildlife lakes, rail transport of stone reduces effect on roads

Question 15

Uk links

Answer 15

EU = financial support for farmers, controls on crime and pollution and consumer rights, free movement of goods services, capital and labour, 40% of migration from EU
Commonwealth provides trade + sporting links + Commonwealth Secretariat provides advice on issues eg: human rights and development

Question 16

Uk in wider world

Answer 16

Trade with EU, USA important, trade with china, Heathrow, Chunnel, ferries for transport, 99% of internet traffic through undersea cables (UK-US), Arctic Fibre from London to Tokyo, Culture exported in form of English language, TV shows (Dr who = £1.28 billion in export earnings), books, music etc…, migrant culture

Question 17

Lynford east Anglia

Answer 17

Intensively farmed, pesticides and fertilisers, machinery costs are high but efficiency is high too, small number of workers

Question 18

Riverford Organic Farms

Answer 18

Organic farm in Devon, organic delivery from farms in Devon, Yorkshire, Peterborough and Hampshire, reduce food miles + more employment

Question 19

Lesotho Highland water

Answer 19

Help solve water shortages in SA, 40% of water from Segu River to river Vaal in SA (Dams, reservoirs and pipelines, roads, bridges too)

Question 20

For Lesotho

Answer 20

-75% GDP
-Hydroelectric power
-Sanitation coverage from 15–)20%
-2 dams will displace 30000
-destroy unique wetland ecosystem
-corruption has led to profits not reaching affected

Question 21

For SA

Answer 21

provides water to an area with drought, reduce acidity of Vaal, Safe water to 10%
Costs may exceed $4 billion, 40% lost to leaks, corruption increases cost