Geography-Globalisation

Question 1

How has globalisation impacted China?

Answer 1

1. 680 million Chinese people lifted out of poverty during 1980 to 2000
2. 1.6 million Chinese people die each year because of respiratory issues linked to pollution
3. 20% of Chinese population still lives under $2 a day
4. China makes education free and complusory for all people and this has increased the literacy rate from 20% in 1950 to 94% in 2006.

Question 2

How has London benefited from International Migration?

Answer 2

1. Arab sheiks, Hong kong chinese,American bankers and Russian oligarchs invest in London
2. London has 31% foreign born profiting from successive waves of ultra rich.

Question 3

How has the UAE and Saudi Arabia benefitted from Mass Low wages migrants?

Answer 3

The UAE has benefited from Mass Low migrants as 2 million Indians are living in the UAE which makes 30% of the country and provide cheap labour to the UAE.Saudi Arabia has benefited from Mass Low migrants as 1.5 million Filipinos makes up Saudi Arabia and they also provide cheap labour.

Question 4

How have economic migrants benefitted from the economic unions such as the EU? (Poland)

Answer 4

Economic migrants have benefitted from the economic union such as the EU as Poland joined the EU in 2004 which enabled Polish workers to move to the UK for work as unemployment was almost 20% in 2004 in Poland and wages was 4 times lower than in the UK.

Question 5

What are some social impacts of globalisation in Dhaka Bangladesh?

Answer 5

1. workers have to work in dangerous and undesirable conditions
2. 50000 children die from chlorea and other water borne diseases.
3. 40% of slum dwellers make up the population of Dhaka
4. 400000 people arrive from rural areas to the urban areas to seek better life every year.

Question 6

What are some environmental impacts of Globalisation in Dhaka Bangladesh?

Answer 6

1. Carbon dioxide causes visual pollution in the urban areas.
2. Dumping waste inappropriately into rivers causes a loss of habitat
3. Global warming causes increase in sea levels which causes many of Bangladesh’s low level islands to be affected as 46% of Bangladesh is 10 metres above sea level.

Question 7

How has the global shift impacted Glasgow?

Answer 7

1. The city is home to more than 1000 hectares of unused land enough to fit 1000 football pitches.
2. In 2018,26% of households in glasgow had no adults in employment.
3. One third of Glasgow’s population left the city.
4. Glasgow was known for being the murder capital of Europe.

Question 8

How has ‘Keep Britain Tidy’ impacted waste management?

Answer 8

1. 222.9 million tonnes of waste produced in the UK in 2016
2. Keep Britain tidy was to recycle waste by giving other countries the opportunity to recycle the waste the UK produced however countries such as turkey have lots of waste left burning.
3. Smoking litter was reduced by up to 89%.
4. Their glow-in-the-dark ‘We’re Watching You’ project was tested in 17 local authorities and found that the approach was highly effective in reducing dog fouling at both the target sites and displacement sites by 46% on average.