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Mind Map by Alex Collins, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Alex Collins
about 10 years ago
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Reasons for the Decline in
Numbers Employed in the Primary
Sector in the UK
- Depletion of Resourses
- We have used most of our raw materials
(e.g. coal). What is left is expensive
and/or dangerous to mine.
- We have used most of our raw materials
(e.g. coal). What is left is expensive
and/or dangerous to mine.
- Cheap Imports
- Many mines have closed as we can get cheaper raw materials
from abroad (e.g. iron ore from Norway).
- Meaning that it is more economically viable to
import, rather than wasting valuable time and
money on mining our own resources.
- Another example is the coal that we
get from Russia.
- Meaning that it is more economically viable to
import, rather than wasting valuable time and
money on mining our own resources.
- Many mines have closed as we can get cheaper raw materials
from abroad (e.g. iron ore from Norway).
- Mechanisation
- Machines now do many of the jobs people
used to do (e.g. painting cars in Toyota factory).
- This reduces the amount of jobs that
are in the secondary sector.
- This reduces the amount of jobs that
are in the secondary sector.
- Machines now do many of the jobs people
used to do (e.g. painting cars in Toyota factory).
- Social Change
- Primary jobs are seen as more physically
demanding with few career prospects.
- Therefore, most people do not like the
idea of doing jobs in the primary sector.
- People dislike getting their hands dirty.
- Therefore, most people do not like the
idea of doing jobs in the primary sector.
- Primary jobs are seen as more physically
demanding with few career prospects.
- Government Attitudes to the Value of Primary Industry
- Primary industry generally doesn't make the government as much
money, so they do not invest as much money into it.
- Therefore, the majority of the money that is spent
on attracting industries goes to the Tertiary sector.
- Therefore, the majority of the money that is spent
on attracting industries goes to the Tertiary sector.
- Primary industry generally doesn't make the government as much
money, so they do not invest as much money into it.
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