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Causes of Regional Variation - Coggle Diagram
Causes of Regional Variation
Political
Austerity policy
Margaret Thatcher's deindustrialisation of northern cities
Economic
More public sector jobs in cities in southern cities
Cumulative causation model
Special Economic Zones
More conservative governments lead to less distribution of wealth to poorer people
Government spending allocation (4k per head in London, 1k per head in Yorkshire)
Social/Cultural
Better public services in cities
Workers commute to major cities from the country to work
Brain drain from rural areas
Education
Being able to tell someone's class by their accent
Environmental
Access to trading routes e.g. ports
Migration from other countries can cause slums to form if the migrants are not provded with affordable housing and employment
Natural resources