Regional inequality
What Regional inequality means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The uneven impact of economic restructuring on regional growth, often exacerbating the North-South divide, with rapid expansion in the South East and London and economic stagnation in many former industrial regions in the North.
The economic and social disparities between the generally more prosperous South and the less wealthy North, Midlands, and Wales.
Topics that use Regional inequality
- Section B: The changing economic world (AQA GCSE)
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