UKs human landscapes

Question 1

Impact of globalisation of UK

Answer 1

free trade
foreign direct investment
TNC increased

Question 2

Population density

Answer 2

average number of people in a given area

Question 3

Rural periphery

Answer 3

low population density
older population
lower incomes
high transportation
out-migration of young people

Question 4

Old economy

Answer 4

decline due to increase in tertiary and quaternary sectors

Question 5

First 2 sectors

Answer 5

primary - expoiltatioh of raw material from land
secondary - manufacturing of primary materials in finished products

Question 6

closure of docks

Answer 6

1981
new container ships being larger and not fitting down river
depopulation - people leaving for work
deindustrialisation - industries relied on the port

Question 7

what is the ‘green belt’

Answer 7

no major buildings built beyond it

Question 8

effects of suburbanisation

Answer 8

lost 15 millions
londons underground meant that people could be in city in 30mins
moved out city - cheaper to live

Question 9

decentralisation

Answer 9

more out of town shopping centres
shopping activity/population move away from CBD
buying more stuff online

Question 10

effects of increasing population

Answer 10

increasing divorce
family size
later marriages
suburbanisation
new transport links
population growth faster than houses being built

Question 11

re-urbanisation

Answer 11

1991
investment by large TNCs
high-income earners prefer to live closer to work
university expansion
closure of docks meant space for redevelopment