Economic Change: Case Studies
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- Economic Change: Case Studies
- Reasons for decline of industry: UK
- Mining: Cheaper to import, modern power stations run on gas, large commercial farms
- Farming: Cheaper to import foods, Increased mechanisation, GM crops, pesticides and herbicides
- Fishing : Cheaper to import, international quotes now enforced, overfishing due to mechanisation
- 1) Cheaper to make products abroad- labour and land are cheaper
- 2) De-industrialisation - loss of traditional due to modern production and automation
- 3) Transport enables goods to be moved quickly
- 4) Modern communication networks - easier to keep in touch
- 5) Growth of transnational corporations (Nike and Coca-Cola)
- 4) Modern communication networks - easier to keep in touch
- 3) Transport enables goods to be moved quickly
- 2) De-industrialisation - loss of traditional due to modern production and automation
- Shift of Manufacturing : Vietnam, Taiwan
- Government bought land and gave it to the locals
- Plastic toys were produced in Taiwan de to cheap labour
- Taiwan now produces computers
- Due to wages increasing, more parents can afford to send their children to school
- Why has Chinas manufacturing sector grown?
- The demand for manufacturing or construction has increase
- Growing global demand for manufactured goods
- Cheap workforce, 40p per hour
- Close to other developing countries
- Available natural resources
- Location of primary industry: South East Asia (palm oil)
- The humid temperature is needed for the palm oil trees to grow
- Flat land, fertile soil and a lot of rain
- Location factors of secondary industry: Toyota, Burnaston, Derby
- 100 hectares of flat land
- Near the A38 and M1
- Cheap electricity available from local power stations
- Public transport has improved
- Location factors of territory industry: India
- 40% cheaper to run than Britain
- Staff in India are educated to a higher level than Britain
- People speak good English
- Located in areas which a high unemployment rate
- Rual deindustrialisation: St Austell, Cornwall (Eden Project)
- More money to the area, nature reserves, less transport traffic, less us of resources
- Less jobs, people leaving the area, ruins the landscape, less money for locals
- Eden Project hosts pop concerts, which is popular with locals, leisure attractions
- Reaches new audience, conference facilities on site, gets people fit, improves landscape, raises awareness for climate change
- Reasons for decline of industry: UK
- The demand for manufacturing or construction has increase
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