GLOBALISATION EQ2: What are the impacts of globalisation for countries, different groups of people and cultures and the physical environment?

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GLOBALISATION EQ2: What are the impacts of globalisation for countries, different groups of people and cultures and the physical environment?
  1. 3.4- The global shift has created winners and losers for people and the physical environment
    1. Communities have experienced major environmental problems
      1. Canada, Tar Sands
        1. Because of water pollution, Northern Pike are being deformed
          1. Drug dealing is becoming a bigger problem amongst the younger inhabitants
            1. A sharp increase in cancer and cancer related illnesses due to pollution
          2. A movement in the global economic centre of gravity
            1. India- Services
              1. Visibly underdeveloped and slower growth than China
              2. China- Manufacturing
                1. fast 'sprinter' but arguably unsustainable
                  1. 1 authority government makes clear decisions
                    1. Cheap, standard production
                      1. rural areas are losing land for building factories
                      2. Both focusing on education and teaching English, the 'global' language
                      3. De-industrialised areas face social and environmental problems as a resultof economic restructuring
                        1. Detroit
                          1. Facing dereliction, contamination, crime and high unemployment
                            1. Spiral of decline
                              1. Old factories close
                                1. Land becomes derelict
                                  1. Jobs lost
                                    1. people leave inner city
                                      1. Fewer services needed. Shops and schools close
                                        1. More jobs lost
                                          1. More people leave
                                            1. people who stay are elderly or low income
                                              1. little investment leads to it becoming derelict
                                                1. more crime and vandilism
                                                  1. Quality of life gets worse
                              2. The population has declined from 1,900,000 in 1950 to just 600,000 in 2013
                                1. It is facing $20billion debt
                                  1. Owes money to over 100,000 creditors
                              3. 3.5- The scale and pace of economic migration has increased as the world has become more interconnected, creating consequences for people and the physical environment
                                1. Rural-Urban migration and/or natural increase is responsible for the growth of megacities, and rapid growth creates social and environmental challenges
                                  1. Mumbai
                                    1. Mumbai accounts for 40% if India's foreign trade
                                      1. 1971-1981 pop. growth 38.1%
                                        1. Estimated pop. will reach 25.8million by 2025
                                        2. Push/Pull factors
                                          1. Pull- Better wages, better living conditions, more job opportunity
                                            1. Push- war, natural disaster, environmental changes, low wages, political corruption
                                          2. International migration has increased in global hub cities and regions, deepening interdependence between regions
                                            1. Russian Oligarchs
                                              1. UK relies on their investment
                                                1. Eugene Schvilder
                                                  1. Estimated worth- £1.5 billion
                                                    1. Owns £22 million house in Belgravia
                                                2. Migration has economic, social, political and environmental costs and benefits for both host and source locations

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