Deindustrialisation

Question 1

How have developed economies gained from the global shift?

Answer 1

reduced cost of manufacturing
redeployment of capital and labour to new industries
development of tertiary industries associated with the global shift

Question 2

how have some areas lost out due to the global shift?

Answer 2

experienced considerable social and environmental problems linked to deindustrialisation

Question 3

what is the problem with deindustrialisation?

Answer 3

industrial estates may be left derelict
can lead to significant decline in social, environmental and economic factors of an area

Question 4

How can derelict industrial estates recover from deindustrialisation?

Answer 4

they can be repurposed for new industries or residential developments

Question 5

what is the effect of the global shift on workers?

Answer 5

workers may only have skills and expectations associated with the secondary industry and may struggle to find employment in the tertiary and high-technology sectors

Question 6

what common social factors are present in deindustrialised areas

Answer 6

above average unemployment rates and suffer from depopulation

Question 7

what is depopulation?

Answer 7

substantial reduction in the population of an area.

Question 8

what is the staple in areas that were associated with traditional mining and manufacturing?

Answer 8

High crime and dereliction

Question 9

where can you find the brymbo steelworks?

Answer 9

in the village of brymbo near Wrexam wales

Question 10

When did the Brymbo steelworks close?

Answer 10

1990

Question 11

when had the brymbo steelworks been open since?

Answer 11

1796

Question 12

How many redundancies happened due to Brymbo being closed?

Answer 12

1,200

Question 13

who formerly controlled port Talbot?

Answer 13

Corus steel UK

Question 14

who has owned port Talbot since 2007?

Answer 14

Tata Group

Question 15

what is port Talbot facing?

Answer 15

significant budget cuts

Question 16

What did Tata announce in November 2020

Answer 16

there would be 1000 job losses 750 from port Talbot

Question 17

What is negative equity?

Answer 17

a deficit of owner’s equity, occurring when the value of an asset used to secure a loan is less than the outstanding balance on the loan.

Question 18

Where is Detroit located?

Answer 18

in the NE, USA
west of the north Atlantic

Question 19

what was Detroit’s purpose?

Answer 19

industrial area (automotive industry)

Question 20

where did industry from Detroit move to?

Answer 20

the pacific rim

Question 21

what was Detroit’s population in 1920?

Answer 21

994,000

Question 22

what happened to the population of Detroit between 1920 and 1950?

Answer 22

it steadily increased to its peak in the 1950’s at 1.8 million people

Question 23

what has happened to Detroit’s population since the 1960’s?

Answer 23

has slowly been declining

Question 24

what is Detroit’s population in 2016?

Answer 24

670,000

Question 25

what is significant about Detroit’s population change between 1920 and 2016?

Answer 25

the number of people in 2016 is actually lower than that of 1920

Question 26

What prompted Henry ford to set up shop in Detroit?

Answer 26

a thriving carriage trade

Question 27

when did Henry ford build his automobile factory in Detroit?

Answer 27

1899

Question 28

What rival manufacturers of Ford also moved to Detroit?

Answer 28

General Motors
Chrysler
American motors

Question 29

why was Detroit called the “car capital of the world”?

Answer 29

As many automobile companies set up their headquarters there

Question 30

What infrastructure in Detroit helped car companies

Answer 30

the already existing machine toll and coach-building industry

Question 31

What did the development of the automobile industry lead to?

Answer 31

a rise in demands for labour

Question 32

where did the workers come from to fill the labour demands in Detroit?

Answer 32

Europe and the American south

Question 33

what happened to Detroit’s population between 1900 and 1930?

Answer 33

went from 265,000 to over 1.5 million

Question 34

when did automobile production reach its peak in Detroit?

Answer 34

1965

Question 35

what happened to automobile companies in Detroit?

Answer 35

companies merged, or quit, or moved

Question 36

why did a lot of companies begin to disappear from Detroit?

Answer 36

growing foreign and domestic competition

Question 37

what began replacing workers in the few reaming factories in Detroit?

Answer 37

Automated machines

Question 38

How much has the people employed by Chrysler changed?

Answer 38

dropped form 130,000 to 50,000 workers

Question 39

what was the unemployment rate at Detroit’s peak deindustrialisation?

Answer 39

30% were unemployed

Question 40

what the present day unemployment % in Detroit?

Answer 40

20%

Question 41

what has the US government said about Detroit?

Answer 41

an area of substantial and persistent unemployment

Question 42

what is an example of a factory that suffered greatly form automation?

Answer 42

Ford’s Rouge complex

Question 43

how did the number of people employed in the Ford Rouge factory drop?

Answer 43

85,000 in 1955 to 30,000 by 1965

Question 44

what is the positive of automation?

Answer 44

increases output and reduces labour outputs

Question 45

What problem do unemployed factory workers have?

Answer 45

with little education or training there are few jobs workers can do

Question 46

What is the total welfare (benefits) payments in Detroit?

Answer 46

$28 million

Question 47

How poor is Detroit?

Answer 47

Second poorest city in the US

Question 48

How are old projects for development affecting Detroit?

Answer 48

vast areas that were demolished for redevelopment remain empty with nothing materialising

Question 49

why was the peak of car production in Detroit 1965 when people had already started to move?

Answer 49

due to automation of factories production still increased