Birmingham Dhaka (old)

Question 1

How big is Birmingham?

Answer 1

Birmingham is the UK’s third largest city.

Question 2

When was Birmingham created?

Answer 2

Birmingham was the first city in the world to be created in the industrial revolution that started in England in the late eighteenth century.

Question 3

When was Birmingham industrial base rapidly eroded and moved elsewhere?

Answer 3

During the second half of the twentieth century, however, it became one of the first victims of global shift in manufacturing.

Question 4

How has Birmingham changed its economy?

Answer 4

80% of its output is generated by tertiary sector
major are banking, finance and insurance
tourism is also important ( economy)
major facilities such as national exhibition centre, Birmingham now accounts over 40 percent of the UK conference and exhibition trade
sporting and cultural venues attrack large number of visitors

Question 5

How deprived was Birmingham considered?

Answer 5

In “004, Birmingham was ranked sixteenth out of 354 districts as the most deprived.
The city contains many Super Output areas (SAO’s, areas with high rates of deprivation), which form a ring around the city centre areas of older housing.

Question 6

How is the population of Birmingham segregated?

Answer 6

About 30% of the city’s population is made up of people from different ethnic backgrounds. The great ,majority of these non-white people live in the inner ring of deprivation. It is clear that deprivation is in some way affected by ethnicity and discrimination.

Question 7

What problems may Birmingham face?

Answer 7

Growth has given pressure to the city’s transport system.
Many roads and the central railway station overloaded during peak period.
Higher skilled jobs have gone to commuters from the surrounding West Midlands.
High rated of unemployment exists in inner-ring district ( isolation).
The core is surrounded by a ring that inadequate housing, poor services and poverty.

Question 8

What is Dhaka?

Answer 8

The capital of Bangladesh.

Question 9

How does Dhaka’s population compare to Birmingham?

Answer 9

Much larger (nearly 7 million compared with just over a million).

Question 10

What are the similarities between Birmingham and Dhaka?

Answer 10

They are both involved in global shift in manufacturing however Dhaka has been one its 'winners' and Birmingham is one of its 'loosers'.
Transnational corporations (TNCs) have been drawn to Dhaka by its large supply for very cheap labour.

Question 11

What contract system does the clothing industry in Dhaka have?

Answer 11

No official contract system.

Question 12

What could the 25% in Dhaka unemployment be caused by?

Answer 12

Higher population growth (4% per annum) due to rural urban migration and high levels of fertility.

Question 13

In the clothing industry in Dhaka;

How does population growth compare to the growth of available jobs.

Answer 13

Population growth is higher than the growth of jobs available.

Question 14

In the clothing industry in Dhaka;

When do peoples working life often begin?

Answer 14

Employment in the informal economy, 56% of workers said they entered the informal economy at age 6-9.

Question 15

Describe the informal economy in Dhaka.

Answer 15

It involves selling in the street, shoe-shinning rubbish collecting or scavenging bottles or other types of waste for recycling.
it also includes begging, petty crime and prostitution and other less legal ways of scratching a living.

Question 16

What is the most common informal activity in Dhaka?

Answer 16

In Dhaka, the driving of rickshaws (by pulling, pedal power or motor.
Nearly half a million people are involved.

Question 17

What are the advantages and disadvantages of rickshaws in Dhaka .

Answer 17

With little by way of public transport, rickshaws play a vital part in keeping the city moving. But as such they greatly add to the general congestion on busy and inadequate roads.

Question 18

How many children are estimated to be involved in the informal economy in Dhaka.

Answer 18

Half a million children are estimated to be involved in other activities in the informal economy. Most of them work from dawn to dusk, earning on average the equivalent of about 12p per day to help support their families.

Question 19

What are the problems of children working in the informal economy in Dhaka ?

Answer 19

These children work in vulnerable conditions. They are exposed to hazards, such as traffic accidents, street crime, violence, drugs, sexual abuse, toxic fumes and waste products.

Question 20

Like in most LEDC cities, there are few if any statistics to indicate how widespread deprivation is in Dhaka. But there is plenty of visible evidence .
What visual evidence indicates how widespread deprivation is in Dhaka?

Answer 20

The malnourished and poorly clothed people seen crowding the streets are one indicator. As in Port Moresby there are large tracts of informal, substandard housing scatted around on land regarded by developers as being unsuitable for development mainly because of the flood risk.