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In the UK and elsewhere there is an increasing trend to locate tertiary activities away from city centres. Give examples and explain why.
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In the UK and elsewhere there is an increasing trend to locate tertiary activities away from city centres. Give examples and explain why. Tertiary activity can be defined as an activity that provides a service. It includes transport and the distribution of goods, wholesale and retail, office and administration. The industrial revolution was accompanied by changes, both economic and social, notably improvements in transport, the growth of cities, a population explosion and an increasing need for supporting service industries. Companies and workers, specializing in particular branches of economic activity, needed to buy in services from others. This fed the growth of a tertiary sector, which was concentrated in urban areas where its customers, both factory workers and individual were found. In the UK, increasing mechanization over time, both in agriculture and manufacturing industry, reduced the need for workers. Growing output, higher personal wealth and greater numbers of people all increased the...
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