The most developed and highly populated region of a country
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Deindustrialisation
The decline of regionally important manufacturing industries
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Development gap
The difference in levels of economic and social well-being between the richest and poorest people on the planet
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Ecological Footprint
A measurement of the area of land of water requires to provide a person/ society with the energy, resources and goods they consume and the waste they produce
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Economic Migrant
A migrant whose primary motivation is to seek employment
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Foreign Direct Investment
A financial injection made by a TNC into a nation's economy eg: building new facilities
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Global shift
The global-scale relocation of different types of industrial activity eg: manufacturing
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Multiplier effect
the positive spin-offs that follow an initial investment in a region
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Natural increase
the difference between the birth rate and death rate, usually converted into a percentage
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Net migration
the balance between immigration and emigration
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Parent company
the original business that a global TNC has developed aroud
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Petrodollars
Money derived from selling oil
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Shrinking World
distant places start to feel closer and take less time to reach due to technology
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Switched on places
nations, regions or cities that are strongly connected to other places through the production and consumption of goods and services
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Switched off places
nations, regions or cities that are poorly connected to other places
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Voluntary migrants
People who move to other places for quality of life regions
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World city
a city with major economic and political power eg: New York
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Card 2
Front
Deindustrialisation
Back
The decline of regionally important manufacturing industries
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