Geography, Uk in the 21st Century, case studies, Cambridge economic hub
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- Cambridge
- disadvantages to the economic hub
- increase in population has led to overcrowded roads and congestion
- traffic has increased 300% in the last 45 years, and has delays of 1-3 hours
- rail links need to be improved
- Demand for housing has led to rapid house prices
- it has a greenbelt so housing has to be built in the surrounding areas
- increase in population has led to overcrowded roads and congestion
- why is cambridge an economic hub
- Cambridge university graduates provide a highly educated workforce
- good links between university and industrie
- some students have the opportunity to start high tech businesses like abcam worth over £1billion
- unemployment is low at 3% along with low crime rates
- Cambridge university had a well set up science park that is 150acres of high technology and laboratory buildings and new 70 acre Cambridge Bio-Medical center
- big companies like Astra Zeneca (£330mil) have set up multimillion research HQ
- nicknamed 'Silicon Fen' after the famous silicon valley in California
- Cambridge university graduates provide a highly educated workforce
- disadvantages to the economic hub
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