Uk economy

• What are the three causes of the uk's economy?

  • De-industrialisation
  • Government policies
  • globalisation
• What is de-industrialisation?

  The closing down of factories, leading to exhaustion of raw materials and loss of market
• What is globalisation?

  The process creating a more connected world with trade
• How did de-industrialisation come about?

  Firstly, coal mining and manufacturing jobs had a significant decline so the quaternary sectors and tertiary sectors increased.
• How did globalisation come about?

  Globalisation boosted world trade, leading to a decline in manufacturing in the uk so the territory sector increase (e.g tourism)
• What type of Country is the Uk?

  HIC (high income country)
• What are the three impacts of the uk's changing economy?

  • Creation of new jobs
  • Uk's change in identity
  • dereliction and deprivation of areas
• What did the creation of new jobs do?

  It canceled out all the traditional manufacturing jobs and created jobs such as marketing and media. Also, many new jobs are IT related.
• What is is a fact and figure that talks about creation of new jobs?

  In 2018, 195,000 people were employed in marketing and media
• What did the impact of deprivation and dereliction of areas do?

  The dereliction of areas caused building to be "empty and left behind" leaving them not repaired. Also the deprivation of areas meant that some people last their jobs and weren't able to find new ones
• What impact did the change in the uks identity have?

  The change in the uks identity caused the uk to be the worlds finance centre for services, media ad research.
• What is a fact and figure supporting the change in the uk's identity?


  Canary wharf is the uk's finance centre.
• What are Environmental impacts of industries?

  Examples of environmental impacts are:

  • manufacturing plants.
  • Industry processes causing air pollution.
  • waste products from landfills
  • Transporting raw materials and manufacturing materials
• How does manufacturing plants have an environmental impact?

  Manufacturing plants cause a negative impact on the landscape
• How does industrial process have an environmental impact?

  Industrial processes have environmental impacts on the air because of the combustion of fossil fuels that can damage crops and trees.
• How does waste products have an environmental impact?

  Waste products are normally dumped in landfill sites and then transported into the sea and this can release harmful chemicals polluting the soil and water in the sea
• How can industrial development be more sustainable?

  Industrial development can be more sustainable through:

  .Desulphurisation

  .stricter environmental targets

  .heavy fines
• What is de sulphurisation?

  Desulphurisation is the removal of harmful gases in power stations and chimneys.
• How is stricter environmental targets sustainable?

  This allows rules for water quality, air pollution and landscape.
• What is quarrying?

  Quarrying involves extracting stone or material from the ground
• Is the Uk strict about quarrying?

  Yes
• What are quarrying industries expected to do?

  Quarrying industries are expected to restore or improves the quarry's after it has been used.
• What are examples of restoration?

  .agriculture

  .housing

  .flood storage

  .habitat creation
• Quarrying began in the 1940s
• Quarrying gave more than 100 people jobs
• quarrying contributes £15 million to the economy every year.