Economic Development/ Enviromental Impacts

Question 1

What is the case study for this title

Answer 1

Pearl river delta

Question 2

How many people do the manufacturing industries employ in the pearl river delta?

Answer 2

30 million people

Question 3

Which three large companies are located in the pearl river delta?

Answer 3

IBM/Samsung/ Walmart

Question 4

What was the GDP IN 1980?

Answer 4

$8 billion

Question 5

What was the GDP in 2001?

Answer 5

$100 billion

Question 6

Why has this figure risen so quickly

Answer 6

Because of the investment from many other MNC coming to the area and boosting the economy, by creating many new jobs

Question 7

In 2007 out of 10 how many rainfalls were considered as being acid rain?

Answer 7

8/10

Question 8

Why is their so much acid rain?

Answer 8

Because of all the air pollution coming from the factory’s releasing carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide

Question 9

How much waste has been dumped in the river: answer is a percentage %

Answer 9

50%

Question 10

Which animal is becoming extinct due to the pollution of the river?

Answer 10

The Chinese white dolphin