Geography A-Level
Socio-Economic Inequality and the Global Shift
What Socio-Economic Inequality and the Global Shift means in Geography A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Socio-Economic Inequality and the Global Shift
Analysis of the spatial redistribution of industrial activity from the Global North to the Global South, leading to structural unemployment in post-industrial cities and rapid, often unregulated, urbanisation in emerging economies.
Topics that use Socio-Economic Inequality and the Global Shift
- Globalisation (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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