Geography A-Level
Globalisation and the Global Shift
What Globalisation and the Global Shift means in Geography A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Globalisation and the Global Shift
Analysis of how the movement of manufacturing to Low-Income Countries (LICs) and Newly Industrialised Countries (NICs) has created 'winners' in emerging economies and 'losers' in post-industrial regions of High-Income Countries (HICs).
Topics that use Globalisation and the Global Shift
- Regenerating Places (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Commuter settlement
- Deindustrialisation and Post-Industrial Transition
- Demographic and Social Influence
- Demographic Flux
- Environmental Quality and Dereliction
- Gentrification
- Globalisation and Economic Interdependence
- Globalisation and Time-Space Compression
Using Globalisation and the Global Shift in the exam
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