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Retail change over time - meadow hall Sheffield
• Opened in 1990 and cost £250 million
• Employs 7000 people and attracts 25 million py
• 280 shops
• 10 large anchor stores to draw customers in
• 50 places to eat and drink
• 11 screen cinema
• Within hour drive of 9 million people
• Free car park
Problems
• Steep decline in people going to the CBD
• CBD less attractive so fewer people want to go there or set up business there
Solutions
• The council has added more opportunities to make it more optional for people going to the CBD
• CBD is getting repaired and the price to set up a business is lowered to attract business owners
Location of Economic activity MEDC - Port Talbot steel works
• South Wales Valley - good for making iron
• Lots of raw materials -coal and iron ore
• Limestone nearby in Brecon Beacon
• Fast flowing rivers provide water
• Good transport links
• export to India
• Large workforce nearby
• Ebbwvale near by
Location Factors
• Empire countries gained independance so their was no longer a garanteed market
• Coal and iron resources running low
• Valley sites too small for large factories
Changed Location (Port Talbot)
• Material can easily be imported and exported
• Large site - expansion
• Government incentives
Consequences
• High unemployment, less people paying tax, council has less money to spend, decline in edcational standards
Location of economic activity in an LEDC - Fiat factory Betim, Brazil
• Opened in 1976 and employed 10,000 produced 130,000 cars a year
• 1990 fiat invested $1.5 billion in the area and employs 650,000 workers and made 650,000 cars that year.
Why did Fiat choose Brazil
• The government gave fiat special deals as they wanted long-term employment for their people.
• Brazil was an emerging market
• no strikes
Positives
• Provides jobs for local people
• Improves infrastructure
• Puts money into the economy
• helps development
Negatives
• Pollution
• impacts on other industries
• profit doesn't stay in the country
• Unreliable work - close the line
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