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19 Cards in this Set
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What are the four job sector and give examples? |
Primary-farming Secondary-manufacturing Tertiary- retail Quaternary- research/ finacial management |
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LIC, MIC, HIC and examples? |
Low income countries- Etheopia Middle " " - South Africa High " " - UK |
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What is the informal sector? |
It is a unofficial and unregulated working sector and it is not controlled or regulated by the goverment. |
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Causes for the Informal sectors growth? |
Often cause by a rapid growth of people looking to be employed in normal working sector meaning they can be charged less forcing them to look into other ways of gaining cash. |
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Example of informal sector? |
Selling matches or another such goods on the streets or even begging for money |
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Benefits of the informal sector? |
Provide cheap goods and the poor with a meaning of survival and encourage tourists to see a different culture although it does not break the cycle of poverty due tot hem earning so low. |
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Reasons for Tertiary Sector growth? |
1) Starts with more and better jobs to become available. 2) More personal income. 3) More personal spending/disposable income 4) More demands for goods and services 5) Tertiary sector growth
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Locational factors- What is and where is a CBD found? |
Central business district and at the centre of an urban area. |
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Locational factors determining where they are based? |
1) Cheap land meaning more profitable locations 2) Transport links- must be good national and internationally. 3) Universities- both universities and manufacturers can benefit from being close to each other eg. work expirence 4) A good source of Labour 5) Incentives- Perhaps near to beauty or the sea |
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What is the sphere of influence? |
The area that people are willing to travel to a specific place for specific services found there. |
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A diagram to show the locational factor determining what is built and and around a city and the characteristics of each section? |
Stating from the middle- 1) CBD- 2) Inner Urban ring- 3) Suburban ring- 4) Urban fringe- business parks- |
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What is High Technology Industry? |
A High tech industry is Highly skilled workers and a product that requires a high proportion of research and development. |
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Examples of a high tech industry? |
Bio technology, telecommunications and aeronautics. |
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What is and name one de-industrilised study? |
It is when there is a loss of industry. and example is Wales The mining industry (primary sector has practically gone and they now boast the quaternary sector. |
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What is Energy Demand and why is it getting bigger? |
The requirement for Energy. It is getting bigger mainly due to a rising population and secondaly due to more countries becoming more economically developed |
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What is Primary Energy? |
Energy that is used without having to go under any conversion process eg. wood |
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What is Secondary Energy? |
Secondary Energy is energy that is made from processing fuels eg. petrol |
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What is Energy production? |
The amount of energy being produce |
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What is the energy gap? |
The differance between a countries demand for energy and the amount of energy a country can produce. |
