Diverse Places EQ 1 2B.3b Flashcards
What has happened to Belfast as a result of the globalisation?
Global connections have increased cultural diversity and has charged economic development.
Has there been an increase in migration and which type?
Yes there has been a dramatic increase in migrants especially from the EU e.g. workers (economic migrants)
How has migration effected services in Belfast?
Has put increased pressure on central services e.g. healthcare but has also kept more rural services going e.g. fresh meat industry
How have the hosts reacted to migrants?
Frustrated with the fact that migrants are ‘stealing jobs’ even though they are doing the menial jobs that the hosts wouldn’t do.
What kind of attacks resulting from this pre-judgements called?
Prejudicial attcks.
What changes have occured in Belfast?
Industrial heights are now things of the past.
What happened in the 1970’s?
UK’s economic decline and as an attempt to move out of secondary production to tertiary sector, many people lost their jobs.
How were housing conditions in Belfast then?
Poor (especially near declining cities) and lacked basic sanitary amenities.
Did these conditions improve?
In the 1980’s there was efforts to redevelop the area including the demolishing of older terraced flats.
What happened to Belfast in WW2?
The city was heavily bombed particularly effecting the working class areas with 52% of housing lost and half the population homeless.
Where is Belfast?
Mid-East Northern Ireland.
What happened to Belfast in the 18th/19th century?
Belfast blossomed as a commercial and industrial centre in the 18th and 19th centuries and became Ireland’s pre-eminent industrial city. Industries thrived, including linen, rope-making, tobacco, heavy engineering and shipbuilding, and at the end of the 19th century.
Which denominations have ongoing troubles?
Protestants and Catholics (Christianity)
How long has the violence been ongoing?
Late 1960’s - Present.
How can the nation attempt to control the trouble?
Heavier policing of crime-ridden areas, educate the nations children and adults.
