Describe the trends of growth and decline for the sector in which Manchester airport operators and compare with other sectors.
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Ahsanul Islam 10 YER
Task 5
Describe the trends of growth and decline for the sector in which Manchester airport operators and compare with other sectors.
There are 3 sectors or industries that businesses operate in. These are the:
-Primary Sector
-Secondary Sector
-Tertary Sector
Primary Sector:
Primary sector is involved in getting resources from the natural world. This includes farming. Primary industries can also be called extractive industries as natural resources are harvested.
Examples Include:
-Coal Mining
-Drilling For Oil
-Quarry
Secondary Sector
The secondary sector is involved in the second stage of production. At this stage the raw materials one made into finished or semi-finished products.
Examples Include:
-Brewing (making beer)
-Steel Manufacture
-Construction
Tertary Sector:
The Tertary sector is sometimes called the service sector. This sector provides services or sells products that can be consumed by customers.
Examples Include:
-Hotels
-Beauty Salons
-Clothing Shops
-Magazines
Manchester Airport is in the tertary sector because:
- They sell products such as news agents, clothes shops and electrical shops.
- They offer services such as cafes, food hall and flights.
- The main service they provide is flights.
- They do not manufacture on a large scale.
- They do not extract raw materials.
This graph shows:
Most people work in tertary sector.
Very few people work in secondary sector.
Trends in the primary sector:
Over the last 30 years the primary sector has declined rapidly and continues to decline. This is due to several reasons:
1. The decline of the agriculture (FARMING) industry less natural resources.
-smaller farms are closing because bigger farms are using
-Machines to operate more cheaply.
-Disease (foot and mouth BSE).
2. The fishing industry has declined over the last 30 years because
- There are less fish in the seas.
- Pollution.
- Low wages for fisherman.
3. In 1947 there were 750,000 miners [in 1993 there were 31,000 miners] in 2002 there were 11,000 miners. This is because
- Coal is running out.
- Electricity is more commonly used because it is easier and it causes les pollution.
- Gas is used more than coal.
- There is cheaper imported coal.
Secondary sector:
Manufacturing has seen a decline in the number of workers employed during the 80’s because
- More technology this means that fewer workers are needed.
- The industry is more capital intensive. This means they use machines instead of people.
- Moving manufacturing abroad because of cheaper wages, cheaper raw materials and cheaper running gas cost electricity and companies moving abroad include m+s clothing, dyson and ford.
Tertary sector:
The tertary sector has massively expanded over the last 30 years because
- People have more disposable income (money after the household bills have been paid) and because of minimum wage + higher incomes.
- More women’s working means that they are wealthier and more independent + they will demand more services.
- More people going to university mean people get better jobs and have more money to spend on what they like.
- So people spend more and it is easier to get credit cards and loan money.
- As people become wealthier they want more services such as reastraunts, pubs, holidays and beauty hair salons.
Number employed in thousands
Sector | Number employed 1980 | In thousands 2002 |
Primary | 1087 | 432 |
Secondary | 8192 | 4854 |
Tertary | 13693 | 20375 |
total | 22972 | 25661 |
By Ahsanul Islam
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