Geography - Human fieldwork and changing economic world

define post-industrial economy

the shift in come HIC economies from producing goods to providing services

define globalisation

the process by which the world is becoming increasingly interconnected bc of inc. of trade and bussiness

define deregulation

the reduction or removal of government influence in industries so that it is easier for them to do business

what is the primary sector

getting raw materials + product e.g farming, fishing, mining/driling

what is the secondary factor

Manufacturing / making stuff with machines e.g car, textiles, food processing

what is the tertiary factor

providing service e.g a beautician, architect, banking, retail

what is the quaternary sector

research and technology e.g designing computer chips, AI products, personalised meds

what are the changes in UK economy

• 118th to 20th century UK had LOTS of manufacturing

• 1900 - 55% of jobs (PLC)

• services Inc. = ppl wealthier: more disposable income

• Manufacturing dec. = de-industrialisation

what are the main tertiary industry in UK

1) services e.g retail and entertainment (English premier league) - employs 4m ppl (PLC)

2) information technology

3) finance e.g lloyds of London (insurance company)

What is our human/ urban fieldwork

The Grafton centre

examples of de-industrialisation in Cambridge

• Quarrying - Cherry Hinton (stop 1980)

• Brick and Timber yard - New Market road (stop 1930)

• Scientific instrument making - New Market (stop 1976)

what are some facts about the regeneration of the kite

• in 1980 there was some inner city decline and dereliction (due to planning blight)

• the building of lion yard (1975) was followed by the development of Grand Arcade (2008)

• The regeneration of the kite was first discussed in 1959 - opened in 1983 Grafton

what are the changes in retail in UK

there have been 3-5 massive changes in shopping:

1) rise in internet → shops shut down

2) independent shops e.g Eden Lillege, Jack’s Gelato → chain shops e.g superdrug, Primark

3) City Centre → Edge of town e.g Bee hive

4) more restaurant and entertainment e.g bars, escape rooms

5) more mixed use dev - retail jobs + housing etc

what is the vacancy rate of grand arcade area compared to grafton centre area

GA - vacancy rate of around 3%

GC - vacancy rate of around 40%

what type of shops are dominated in the GA and GC

GA - dominated by national chain stores selling low order goods and high order goods

GC - vacant stores dominate the GC (76%)

Fitzroy and Burleigh dominated by low order chains and have more independent. stores

what is the hypothesis of our human fieldwork

The Regeneration of the Kite was a success

what are the risks and how can we reduce it during our time doing the fieldwork

• traffic accidents → cross the road carefully

• meeting aggressive members of the public → we will be in a group of 4 and walk away

how did we present our data

• Used Bar Chart for pedestrian count - could’ve used pie chart but would’ve been good as it’ll shoe us the %

• land use map for land use

• Radar chart for pedestrian count - we combined other ppls data bc this survey is subjective and we solved it by averaging, we also draw in another colour for the grand arcade to compare data

what is the conclusion of our hypothesis

PARTIALLY TRUE

it’s been trading for 40 years

there used to be big shops e.g H&M and Decathlon but with the falling in retail due to rise in online shopping, legal and general who owns the kite decided to redevelop the kite into mix use for life science and retail