Detroit

Question 1

Exogenous Factors

Answer 1

Detroit airport-gateway for tourism and commercial services
· Trade links-more than 300 Chinese companies with operations in Michigan support more than 10,000 Michigan jobs, and have invested more than 4 billion U.S. dollars here,” he said.
· Michigan Central Station-transport
· Investment into area-Ford Motor Co 3000 jobs

Question 2

Endongeonous Factors

Answer 2

Religion
· Race and Ethnicity
· Language
· Soil and Rock Type

Question 3

Reasons for Detroits decline-Reliance on single industy

Answer 3

Strikes happened because of racial tensions which lead to no work being done in the vehicle manufacture factories

Factories were built in the suburbs which lead to a spreading out of jobs which led to unemployment

Failure to modernise techniques therefore couldn’t keep up with foreign competition

Question 4

Reasons for Detroit decline-Racial tensions

Answer 4

1940s great migration for black people created uneasy tension
· 1960s civil rights movement increased tension for white people
· White flight happened-360,000 moved to suburbs
· Industry followed the white people which left the impoverished black people behind

Question 5

Reasons for Detroit decline-Leadership problems

Answer 5

6 leaders in 1930s, one supported the KKK
· One displaced 7000 black people who tried to live in white areas
· One built freeways which encouraged removal of industry to suburbs
· Variety of leaders enforcing segregation and further decline

Question 6

Reasons for Detroit decline-Bad transit system

Answer 6

· Lack of taxes caused no money for infrastructure

· People mover monorail caused tourism separation, “2 Detroit’s”

Question 7

Impact on poverty

Answer 7

28% residential empty lot rate
· 36% of population below the poverty level
· Police response 58 minutes
· Large areas with no streetlights due to lack of tax
· 19% unemployed

Question 8

Responses from the Detroit people

Answer 8

· Alicia Marion George opened the only coffee shop for miles.- Motor City Java & Tea House

· AndyDidorosicreated a bus line to mobilize Detroiters.- $7 million was cut from the city’s transportation budget.

· Rev. Faith Fowler recycles tires into stylish flip-flops.-35,000 dumped tyres used