Changing places:Relationships and connections

Question 1

what other than economic factors have a big impact on the character of place.

Answer 1

migration and conflict

Terrorism:
Damascus(Syria)
New York(9/11)

industrial accidents:(Chernobyl)
Natural disasters:(New orleans)
Climate change:(Maldives)

external forces

Question 2

external forces that bring change.

Answer 2

Government policies-regeneration schemes and subsidies

MNCs-2016 Tata steel cut jobs in response to difficult global market conditipns

Global institutions-2015 the world bank was running 15 development projects in Haiti

Question 3

examples of places changed by external forces.

Answer 3

Bourneville village Birmingham
Medellin Colombia

Question 4

Bourneville village

Answer 4

built as a garden village by the Cadburys in late 19th century for their business
set up hospitals schools etc for workers

Question 5

what happened to Bourneville village ?

Answer 5

in 2010 became part of Mondalez international and production moved to Poland.
Village is no longer inhabited by only Cadbury workers but appearance and community relatively the same.

Question 6

what was Bourneville village in 2003?

Answer 6

nicest place in britain

Question 7

Medelin Colombia

Answer 7

2nd largest city in colombia and was called the most dangerous city in the world due to drugs and violence and Pablo escobars power until he died in 1993
unemployment and poverty were high at the time

Question 8

what happened to medellin

Answer 8

long term investmemts into education and infrastructure to re-brand the city.
Also attempted to removed division between social classes for more intergration

poverty rates fell but still inequality between rich and poor due to geographic and cultural barriers.