Globalisation Unit 1 Keywords

To know your keywords.

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What is a Greying Population?
A population structure in which the proportion of people aged over 65 is high and rising.
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What is the Multiplier Effect?
The positive spin-offs that follow an initial investment in a region.
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What is a Natural Increase?
The difference between the birth rate and the death rate, usually converted into a percentage.
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What is Net Migration?
The balance between immigration and emigration.
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What is a Switched on place? (Switched off has opposite meaning)
Nations, regions or cities that are strongly connected to other places through the production and consumption of goods and services.
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What is a World City?
City a pop over 10m. Concept also includes 'global significance'.Therefore cities like London can be defined a megacity as it is one of the 3 most connected cities on the planet.
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The positive spin-offs that follow an initial investment in a region.

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What is the Multiplier Effect?

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The difference between the birth rate and the death rate, usually converted into a percentage.

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The balance between immigration and emigration.

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Nations, regions or cities that are strongly connected to other places through the production and consumption of goods and services.

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