Global Shift and migration Flashcards
Give some economic benefits of the global shift
- As national revenues increase the gov can spend more on education and health
- Large Asian economies increased
- 1 billion out of poverty since 1990
Give some economic disadvantages of the global shift
- During 1970s many western factories closed as Asia industrialised
- Inner city unemployment soared in places like Sheffield so consumer wealth decreased
- Spiral of decline particularly Detroit as a result of unemployment
Give some environmental benefits of global shift
- Less pollution in home countries
- International agreements to reduce emissions
- Higher income = more money to spend on emissions
Give some environmental disadvantages of the global shift
- Adverse health problems from pollution and over-exploitation
- E.g. Dongguan, China workers in Wintek were poisoned by glass treatment
- Since 1990, Togo lost 60% of its forested area to urbanisation
- Dereliction e.g. Detroit
Give some social advantages of the global shift
- High education achievement in Singapore and Hong Kong
- Asia is leading in quaternary sector for medical services
- Mumbai’s Dharavi Slum slum is a thriving recycling industry worth £700m a year and employs 250,000 people
Give some social disadvantages of the global shift
- Rising gun crime
- Life expectancy is 30 years lower in low income US urban district
- When areas are switched off they become switched on to illegal drug flows and people trafficking
- Depopulation e.g. 1 million left Detroit since 1950
- Ethnic tension of white flight
Define ‘global shift’
The movement of economic activity
Name four factors that have accelerated global shift
- open door policies in Asia
- off-shoring, outsourcing and business start ups in emerging economies
- abandonment of unethical practices in MEDCs e.g. unequal gender pay
- severe costs to the environment
The shift began in the (1) and accelerated during the (2) as (3) production moved to (4)
1950s
1960s
Low tech
Emerging Asian tiger economies
Acceleration during the 1980s when consumer (1) flourished in Japan and again in the 1990s when it was outsourced to (2) locations in (3)
Electronics
Low wage
China
The 2008 (1) reinforced the shift because (2) between the emerging economies increased with those of developing countries experienced (3)
Financial crisis
Trade balances
Relative decline
Why would a business locate in India?
Expected to be the second largest economy in the world by 2040 and many fluent in English
Give three disadvantages of India’s call centres
Exploited workers (10hrs 6 days) Due to time zones most work is done at night Widened rich- poor divide
Give three advantages of India’s call centres
- Middle class wages
- Nightclubs testify to high spending power
- Outsourcing companies become more profitable
Define a ‘mega city’
A metropolitan area with a total population in excess of 10 million people