Geography

Cards (72)

  • What is development
    A positive change that makes things better
  • What does the Demographic model show
    It shows how the population changes when the country develops
  • What does uneven development mean

    When countries develop at different rates
  • What is the development gap
    Some countries are more developed than
  • Dtm - stage 1
    Tropical rainforest and tribes
  • Dtm stage 2
    Afghanistan access to health care is improving, limited vaccinations
  • Dtm stage 3
    India - health care and quality of life, access to clean water is better, stable food supply
  • Dtm stage 4
    Uk- women have children later in life to work on career
  • Dtm stage 5
    Germany- more elderly people meaning more would pass away
  • Landlocked countries
    Not having access to sea or ocean because of being bordered by countries
  • What is a science park
    A park where science and technology companies can work Nd do research
  • Why do science parks locate them selves near universities
    Employ skilled workers
  • Why do business parks locate themselves where they do
    Land is cheaper, transport access is better
  • where do business parks locate themselves
    edge of towns
  • why is HDI the most effective indicator
    looks at more than 1 indicator - social +economic
  • Why are some young people moving away from rural areas?
    High house, prices and lack of job prospects
  • Where are people moving from south Cambridgeshire?

    People are moving from Cambridge and London
  • What groups of people are moving to the rural areas?
    Large numbers of highly skilled and educated people and migrant workers from the EU
  • How has South Cambridgeshire population changed?
    Usual population of 130,000 people has increased from one 130,000 in 2001 to 165000 2020
  • What are the economic impact of people moving into rural Cambridgeshire?
    House prices are high people don’t spend money in villages
  • What are the social impacts of the increased rural population?
    People are stuck in more traffic on the narrow roads
  • what does the term depopulation mean?
    less people living in the countryside
  • What does the term counter urbanisation mean?
    People moving out of cities and back into countryside
  • How has the decline population affect the economy of the outer Hebrides?
    Less fishing boats, meaning less money is made meaning tourism is increased
  • How does the decline of the Outer Hebrides population affect the islands?
    School closure, more elderly and no one to look after them
  • Define long-term aid
    Helps to develop the country, e.g. providing skills
  • What does life expectancy tell us about the country?
    How advanced the healthcare is, and what the standards of living are like
  • What is infrastructure?
    Infrastructure is the basic structure and facilities needed for society to function
  • Why are UK improving the transport links?
    This is because they want to encourage people to access high pay jobs to increase trade
  • what is quarrying?
    Query is the process of extracting, sand, gravel minerals from the surface
  • What is globalisation?
    It’s a spread of ideas around the world, movements of cult, people, cultures, money, goods and information
  • How has globalisation affected the secondary sector?
    It has affected it, because trade has increased meaning we can import things leading a decrease in the secondary sector
  • How has the quaternary sector increased because of globalisation?
    It has increased because we can share the knowledge and skills
  • What happened in 1945 to 1979 because of the government policy
    The government will focus on the secondary sector to support factories that were not doing well
  • What happened in 1979 to 2010 because of the government policy
    Companies, the government owned were sold
  • What happened in 2010 onwards because of the government policy
    Strategies from the government where to promote tech industries which is a quatern sector
  • What is a post industrial economy?
    It is an economy where manufacturing declines and is replaced by the service and granary sector.
  • How has IT caused a post industrial UK?
    IT means people can access education and example of this is open university. This means people can learn at home and can work in territory and quaternary sector because people are more educated.
  • What is another way that IT has caused a post industrial UK
    One way IT has caused post industrial in the UK is because people can work from home. This means that more people working and have disposable income to spend on services.
  • What is the primary sector?
    Primary sector extractor raw materials from the ground or sea