GCSE AQA Geography: Changing UK Economy

2 flashcards · Other · by Laurence Richardson

1. Deindustrialisation is the decline of a country's traditional manufacturing industry due to exhaustion of raw materials, loss of markets and competition from NEEs.

2. One of the causes of deindustrialisation is mechanisation (the use of machines). As this has taken place businesses and farms began to replace many workers for machines as they are generally more reliable and cheaper to run.