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global shift- AC negative
Hartlepool in Teesside - former shipbuilding and steel town - unemployment rate 2x national average
global shift- AC negative (unemployment)
Liverpool - unemployment rate 4.5% higher than UK average (N/S divide)
EDC/LIDC positive - … lifted out of extreme poverty since …
1 billion, 1990
EDC/LIDC positive - … built … km of motorways in … to increase accessibility to jobs
China, 11,000, 2015
EDC/LIDC positive - … university graduates in China in … - …x in …
7 million, 2014, 5, 2000
EDC/LIDC negative - Rana Plaza in … killed … workers
2013, 1,138
EDC/LIDC negative - lack of …, … and …
natural light, safety equipment, indoor plumbing
EDC/LIDC negative - employee in … in … earns less in a … than a … earns in a …
garment industry, Bangladesh, month, US employee, day
EDC/LIDC negative - In Bangladesh …
nearly-toxic pollution fills the air, and water supplies are polluted with dangerous chemicals and toxins
Recession
When economic growth falls for 2 or more consecutive quarters (6 months) effecting real GDP, income, employment and retail sales.
Boom
A period of rapid economic expansion resulting in higher GDP, lower unemployment and rising asset prices
Kondratieff cycles
series of interconnected cycles of about 50 yrs
since 1950
1st wave - iron and steel, water power, textiles
2nd wave - steam power, railways
3rd wave - electricity, chemicals, internal combustion engine
currently in 6th wave - renewable energy, medical tech, aerospace etc
Income tax bands
You pay 0% tax for income up to £12,570 (personal allowance)
20% for income £12,571 - £50,260 (basic rate)
40% for income £50,271 - £150,000 (higher rate)
45% for income over £150,000 (additional rate)
gov healthcare
The Longer Lives tool makes England’s mortality data accessible to everyone. It quantifies premature deaths from the four most common causes of mortality in England – heart disease and stroke, lung disease, liver disease, cancer, and highlights inequalities in premature mortality across the country, and provides examples of effective local interventions
gov education
2010 Coalition education policy
Introduced the Pupil Premium - funding to improve education outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in schools in England
Introduced Bursary schemes for some further and higher education students
example of FDI in UK
Hitachi investing in Britain
Opened manufacturing plant in sept 2015 at Newton Aycliffe
Represents £85 million flow of FDI front Japan to UK
Assembly plant + research , development and deisgn
2020 - 700 employees + thousands of others in factory's supply chain due to multiplier effect
Intended to bring positive social and economic improvements to Newton Aycliffee which has experienced employment losses
24 hour city
½ night bus passengers are commuters
2x night bus routes since 1999
2001-2011 London's pop grew by 14% overall and 16% in inner city
over 600 24hr McDonalds in London
JB - … is the capital with … people
Jarkarta, 10 million
JB - the wealthiest …% of the ocuntry control …% of the country’s income - JB bottom …% and access to …% of resources
10, 30, 10, 3
JB - a … of Jarkarta live in slums and many others in slum-like areas
¼
JB - JB is a slum in Jakarta …km … of the city centre and has developed over past … years
4, NW, 40
JB - approx … people live in …km2 - densely packed - mixed of long gen families and migrant workers
31,000, ½
JB - … industry main source of employment for young females
garment
JB - average daily income $… - mainly informal (small-scale garment factories with poor H&S)/self employment (family businesses, selling food, second-hand goods from waste tips) - …% of Jakarta’s economy is informal
4, 60
JB - water borne diseases e.g. … and ... common as few toilets and often flush into streets or … river so can mix with drinking water
cholera, typhoid, Ciliwung
JB - tropical and humid climate so … and … are issues
malaria, hepatitis
JB - high air pollution due to … and …
kerosene for cooking, emissions drifting over city
JB - houses mainly have well-built ground floors with … and … but pressure for space so extra stories more makeshift with scrap materials
timber, brick
JB - fire risk due to …, … and …
overcrowding (fire will spread), kerosene, improvised electric wiring with over-loading
JB - The … has identified … ‘community units’ that are slum areas planned for improvements - by upgrading construction materials and adding key services e.g. healthcare but very expensive and people just move to another slum
Jakarta Housing and Administrative Building Agency, 392
JB - ·Slum clearance to allow rebuilding has resulted in some relocation to other slums – making those areas worse e.g the … slums which are well known in Jakarta for very poor living conditions and overcrowding
Ciliwung River
N - is a community in …, …, … with a … and a … trhough it - built in …
Irvine, Orange County, California, freeway, railway line, 1960s/70s
N - …km … of … on the … outskirts of LA with a uni nearby
10, Newport Beach, SE
N - pop of … in … houses - … families with school age children
49,000, 18,000, 1/3
N - It is an … : The city exists on the fringes of a larger city and acts as a regional hub for recreation, business, or other commercial activity for the suburban population of the larger city
edge city
N - … high schools and several tertiary education facilities
5
N - …% residents aged 25+ with first degrees and …% with masters or doctorates
68.5, 20.5
N - … residents are white and then Asian - mainly …
½, Vietnam
N - median income in … at US$… a year compared with national average – US$…
2018, 113,603, 63,179
N - largest employer - … also tech companies e.g. … and … + media, pharmaceutical and aerospace
university of california, Blizzard entertainment (vid games), broadcom (semiconductors)
N - TNCs with HQs in Irvine …, … and …
Kia, Mazsa, Toshiba
N - 2018 crime rate …% lower than nat average
61
N - …% of households own their own home and … have lived in Norwood for more than … years
91, 2/3, 10
N - property value of $…
933,600
N - average household size … JB - …
2.8, 5
N - healthcare - … run by a nationally ranked org
Hoage Hospital Irvine
T - natural charcteristics (land and river)
undulating land up from River Mersey
Mersey - fast flowing past T and its channel narrow before passing into Liverpool Bay so little foreshore at T
T - built environment
adapted by migrant communities e.g. mosques and ethnic retailers
many buildings have chnaged use and new ones contstructed
T - demographic charcteristics
majority 16-24 - 75%
fewer elderly (10%) and children than Lympstone
pop increased 1801-1901 - 2,500-135,000
T - ethnic profile
large city - Liverpool have always attracted migrants
large influx of Irish in 19th century
after WW2 employment and housing in inner city Toxteth led to increase in migrants
destination for migrants from Asia (5%), W Afrcia and Caribbean (7%)
port = links
T - Cultural
major muslim festivals e.g. Eid and Ramadan
friday prayers + sunday services due to African and Caribbean christian worship
19th c - Greek orthodox church and synagogue
T - political
Riverside ward - 1 of 30 in L city council - each w/ 3 councillors
part of L riverside parliamentary constituency w/ electorate of around 73,000
L - natural charcteristics
small valley cut by Wotton Brook - red breccia cliffs mark edge of Exe estruary
tidal mudflats into estruary - 1.5 km wide at Lympstone
small pebble + gravel beach at foot of cliff
L - demographic
top-heavy age structure - many elderly residents - 24% >65
rapid pop increase 1951-2011
young families - 0-15 yrs 20%
L - built envoronment
low order shops closed and now houses
some new houses on cliff top
heart of village - strict planning
L - ethnic profile
relatively homogenous- 99% white
Devon + W country - agriculture dominate so less jobs in 60s and 70s
beginning to change in urban areas e.g. Exeter and Plymouth
L - cultural
cultural year based on Christian year - xmas and Easter
68% christian
L - political
parish council - 11 elected- various duties e.g. lighting roads but limited as both district and county council are above them
area elects 2 district and 1 county councillor
constituancy w/ lYmpsone - electorate just over 72,000 w/ 1 mp
Barcelona is Spain’s … city with … of Spanish exports from Barcelona
principal industrial and commercial, 1/4
… million tourists a year
7-8
After start of civil war in … B was taken by nationalists in … and …
1936, 1939, Catalan language repressed and city became rundown
Some of main industries in Barcelona are …, …, …
textiles, brick making and abattoirs
… is a flagship building in … (small-scale rebranding)
Museum of Contemporary Art, North Raval
SC - The … was built in …
Raval Rambla, 1995
SC - … commercial and residential properties were demolished for large tree-lined pedestrian space and new houses for only some of displaced residents
1,700
SC - … was spent on a … with …% of money from the EU
€5 million, pneumatic refuse collection, 80
SC - private investment such as … in … and … which refurbished their old building on the Raval
Barceló Raval, 2008, Casa Camper Hotel
S - Barcelona won the right to host the … in …
Olympics, 1992
S - what was built for the Olympics?
Riverside park, business and media park, international conference centre
S - the … can hold … spectators
Barcelona Football Club Stadium, 98,000
C - famous architecture of … are named…
Antoni Gaudi, World Heritage sites by UNESCO
C - Barcelona used the … in … to promote regeneration
Universal forum of cultures, 2004
B - in … the … was released which aimed to position Barcelona as …
November 2020, strategic metropolitan plan for Barcelona - vision 2020, “one of the most attractive and influential European regions for innovative global talent and as the best setting for economic and business growth”
B - In … Barcelona was named the … by the EU
2014, European Capital of Innovation