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What is the cause of economic change in UK?
De-industrialisation and the declineof the UK’s industrial base.
Globalisation has meant many industries have moved overseas, where labour costs are lower.
Mechanisation means machines have replaced people in industries.
What are science parks?
Science Parks are groups of scientific and technical knowledge based businesses on a single site.
What are the advantages of science parks?
•Access to transport routes.
•Highly educated workers.
•Staff benefit from attractive working conditions.
•Attracts clusters of related high-tech businesses.
What has happened in UK towards post industrial?
The quaternary industry has increased, whilst secondary has decreased.
Numbers in primary and tertiary industry has stayed the steady.
Big increase in professional and technical jobs.
What are the social changes to natural landscape?
Rising house prices have caused tensions in villages.
Villages are unpopulated during the day causing loss of identity.
Resentment towards poor migrant communities.
What are the economic changes to natural landscape?
Lack of affordable housing for local first time buyers.
Sales of farmland has increased rural unemployment.
Influx of poor migrants puts pressures on local services.
What changes to Cambridge?
Close to M11 motorway for links to London for market.
Close to Cambridge University for research and development and highly skilled staff.
Close to Stansted airport to transport components.
Edge of city in pleasant landscaped environment.
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