Globalisation EQ2

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Deindustrialisation

The decline of regionally important manufacturing industries

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Global shift

the movement of manufacturing and the outsourcing of services from the West to the East

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Dereliction

when land or buildings are abandoned and left unused

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Internal migrant

Somone who moves from place to place inside the borders of a country

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Urbanisation

An increase in the population of people living in urban areas

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Economic migrant

A migrant whose motivation is to seek employment

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Refugee

People who are forced to flee their homes due to persecution

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Intervening obstacles

Barriers to a migrant such as a political border or physical feature

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Natural increase

The difference between birth rate and death rate

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Megacity

Home to 10 million people or more

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Centripetal migration

Movement of the people directed towards the centre of urban areas

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Brownfield site

Abandoned or derelict urban land previously used by commercial or industrial companies

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Elite international migrants

Highly skilled and/or socially influential individuals.

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Low-wages international migrants

less skilled workers moving to new regions to find work

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Global hub

A settlement or region that has become a local point for activities with a global influence

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Cultural imperialism

The practice of promoting the culture/ language of one nation in another

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Soft power

The global influence a country derives from its culture, its political values and its diplomacy