UK Paper 2 Case Study Flashcards
(20 cards)
UK impact on the wider world
- airport
- Commonwealth
- British entertainment
- culture
-trade
Heathrow Airport
- propose third runway
- largest airport in Europe
- £6.58 billion in 2013
-Heathrow Airport is used by over 89 airlines flying to 214 destinations in 84 countries
Commonwealth
-53 countries
- trade relationships with old Empire countries
- Commonwealth Games
UK trade
- top trading links within your EU
- 2024 exported £358 billion to EU countries ( 1% of exports)
- 2024 imported £454 billion within EU countries (51% of imports)
UK culture
Peppa Pig is streamed in 170 countries
-Earned £640 million
Changes in the UK employment structure
- Mechanisation = decrease in primary jobs
- deindustrialisation = decreasing secondary jobs
- outsourcing = decreasing primary/secondary jobs
- investment in further education = increase tertiary/ quarternary jobs
UK economy change
- globalisation ( spread and growth of ideas around the world the world is becoming interconnected)
- economic growth ( grows by one to two percent per year)
- migration ( shortages of workers and UK workers travel abroad)
- Cheaper goods /services
- foreign investment ( new ideas and technologies provide jobs)
- high value production ( workers are paid more and the UK earns more money)
Government policies 1945- 1979
- state run industry ( national coal board, British Rail, British Steel Corporation)
- declineing UK industry
- aging equipment and too many workers make it improfitable
- 1970 = worker strikes
Government policies 1979- 2010
- privatisation ( government sells Industries)
- many Industries were closed and jobs were lost
- new financial centres on derelict land ( Canary Wharf)
Government policies 2010-present
- trying to rebalance economy
- improves transport (e,g. London cross rail link)
- investment in secondary industry
- easier to get business loans in the North
- encourage foreign investment
Lancashire Enterprise partnership
-involves universities local councils and business leaders
- set up in 2011 in the Northern Powerhouse Initiative
- aims make Lancashire a location of business growth and Investment
-£20 million investment in transport
-£60 million investment in broadband facilities for remote working
- secure future investment
Science parks
- university links
- 75,000 people working science parks
- on-site meeting rooms, coffee shops, health clubs, nurseries
Cambridge Science Park
- m11 access
- university graduates
- overcrowded City
- high house prices
Business parks
- similar companies band together
- cycleways, green spaces, retail outlets
Cobalt Business Park
- largest Business Park
- close to A1
- 20 minutes from International Airport
Torr Quarry social consequences
- increase employment
- noise pollution
Torr Quarry economic consequences
- create jobs
- decreased house prices
Torr Quarry environmental consequences
- visual pollution
- air and water pollution
- reduce soil quality
- air pollution from vehicles
- new roads destroy habitats
Outer Hebrides
- population of 27,400
- population decrease by 50% since 1901 at 46,000 people
- schools closed due to lack of enrollment
- ageing population
- outer Migration for young people
- closing services (post offices)
- decline of fishing and farming
Sherburn on Elmet
- two primary schools
- one secondary school
- four supermarkets
- 30 minutes from Leeds in york
- 80% car ownership leads to increase traffic
- young people leave due to High prices
- oversubscribed schools
- reduction in agriculture as farmers sell land
- trains do not go to Leeds
