3.4c problems in deindustrialise regions in developed countries

Question 1

how did deindustrialisation come about in developed countries

Answer 1

during the 1970s, many European and American factory workers lost their jobs once Asia became the focus of global manufacturing … industries began to close

Question 2

example of a deindustrialised region

Answer 2

LEICESTER - now a small textile industry :(

• in the 1920s, over 30,000 people worked in Leicester’s textile mills
• by the 1970s, overseas competition meant that cheaper clothes were available from Asia so manufacturing jobs were lost in Leicester
• in 2002, Leicester’s largest clothing factory (Richard Roberts Knitwear) closed with the loss of 300 jobs

because manufacturers located overseas to find cheaper labour in the Middle East, Far East and Asia

the land is often left derelict

Question 3

the steel industry

Answer 3

in Oct 2016, Thailand’s SSI announced it was closing down its Redcar (North Yorkshire, UK) work with the loss of 2,200 direct jobs and an estimated 900 jobs in the supply chain also lost

India’s Tata Steel plans to sell its UK steel business
because of high energy costs and because UK imports of Chinese steel have increased
it currently employs 15,000 in the UK

Question 4

social impacts in REDCAR

Answer 4

• Redcar is described as a ‘ghost town’ by local people
  
  • skills not easily transferrable
  • black market increases

Question 5

economic impacts in REDCAR

Answer 5

• unemployment has increased by 16.2% in the last year
  
  • 2,739 people were claiming benefits in Feb 2017
  • an unemployment rate of 7% which is 10th highest in the UK

not Redcar:

unemployment is usually higher in deindustrialised cities
in 2016, it was 6% in Pittsburgh (USA) and 9% in Hull (UK)