Changing Places CASE STUDIES Flashcards
What are your three main Case Studies for this topic?
- Kingston
- Brick Lane
- Dharavi/Detroit
You need to know Kingston’s impact locally, regionally, nationally, internationally and globally. You need to know the impact of external agnecies (decisions of TNC’s), the economic change and social inequalities and past/present importance of Detroit, USA. You need to know how people’s lived experience has changed as well as changing demographic and cultural characteristics in Brick Lane (DISTANT). You need to know people’s lived experience over time, changing demographic and cultural characteristics in kingston (LOCAL).
What is the impact of relationships and connections with economic change and social inequalities on what place?
Detroit, USA
What was the social opportunity from MNC Ford’s influence on Detroit?
Ford Motor Company was the largest African-American employer in the US, contributing to growing ethnic diversity in Detroit.
What were two economic opportunities because of MNC Ford’s influence on Detroit?
In 1914, Ford represented 61% of the booming automotive industry, doubling wages to 5$ per day per worker.
In 1950, when Detroit’s population increased post-war to 350,000, the company created over 296,000 jobs.
What was the environmental opportunity due to MNC Ford’s influence over Detroit?
Oil crisis in 1973 turns American consumers to buying more fuel-efficient car models (e.g. Japan’s Toyota or Honda) rather than supporting American companies.
What was the social challenge due to MNC Ford’s influence over Detroit?
In the 1960s, the voilent 12th Street Riots took place as African-Americans protested being stuck in low-income areas of the city meanwhile many white factory workers were able to move into suburbs.
What were the two economic challenges due to MNC Ford’s influence over Detroit?
The 2008 Economic Crisis prompted Ford to cut 25,000 jobs which resulted in a record-breaking $12.6 billion loss for the company.
In July 2013, Detroit files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in the US’s history. They did recover 17 months later.
What was the environmental challenge due to MNC Ford’s influence over Detroit?
Rouge River served as a dumping ground for Ford factories’ industrial waste - declared the most polluted river in Michigan in 1965. The river has only recently been declared clean (2024) for people to kayak, canoe and walk along - took millions of investment from Environmental Protection Agency and many cleaning efforts.
What is people’s lived experience of past and present and changing demographic and cultural characteristics of a local place?
Kingston-upon-Thames
