globalisation eq2 Flashcards
What are my two case studies for winners and losers of global shift?
China and Detroit, Michigan
What background information is there about China?
Global shift in China has mainly focused on manufacturing
China is the worlds largest recipient of FDI since 2000
Rapid industrialisation of China has been accomplished by rapid urbanisation
Rapid growth has brought costs and benefits
What are the benefits of growth and infrastructure in China?
High-speed rail link, major cities e.g Beijing, Shanghai etc
China has the worlds longest high net work improving access to remote areas and enhancing domestic change in it expands over 100,000 km
Expanded with 82 airport since 2000 overall 250 airports
Maglev worlds fastest commercial train speed of 268 mph
China’s rapid industrialisation resulted in a rise of middle class
China’s transportation is fast and more efficient promoting economic interrogation and allowing goods to move more freely
What are the benefits of reduction in poverty in China?
China’s rapid economic growth has reduced poverty
Between 1981 and 2010 the country lifted 680 million people out of poverty
20% of China’s population still lives in poverty however remittance payments (money sent home by family members working in urban areas or overseas) has helped many families
What are the benefits of an increase in income/better education and training in China?
Global shift led to higher education in China
The economy has become more diverse and sophisticated this means a growing demand for skilled workers.
Universities and educational institutions have expanded this result in young people having the skill to work
The literacy rate has increased 74% since 1950
What are the costs of loss of productive farmland/land degradation in China?
Over 3 million hectors of gravel farmland has been polluted with heavy metals
China’s industrialisation equals an increase in loss of farmland since 2000
Arise in black soil in the north eroding and in the south, the soil are suffering from acidification caused by industrial emissions
What are the costs of growing exploitation of resources in China?
Oil fields are underdevelopment in Venezuela orinoco belt equals for China to consume
Oil and coal resources that China cannot keep up with the demand so China has sought additional resources from Africa
What are the cost of loss of biodiversity in China?
Loss of habitats in China and degradation of natural environment
Blank clearance has led to deforestation and over intense glazing
In 2015 WWF found that China’s terrestrial vertebrates had declined 50% since 1970
What are the cost of growth in pollution and health problems in China?
100 cities suffered from extreme water shortages
In 2015 1US climate research organisation calculated that an average of 4400 people died of air pollution in China every year
Air pollution has got so bad in the capital Beijing that they have frequent pollution alerts
Around 70% or more of China’s rivers/lakes are now polluted and not fit for irrigation or drinking
What are the costs of increase in unplanned settlement in China?
Expanded housing in villages located on the edges of cities
Vilages add stories to the houses and renting out to migrant workers
Rapid industrialisation has in urgent need for more housing and increase in formal housing
Farmland is privately developed for housing without permission
What is global shift?
Is the movement of manufacturing work from Europe and the USA and Asian countries (shift of the economic centre of gravity to Asia)
What are factors that have led to global shift?
Trade liberalisation (free)
Large welfare/educated/English-speaking
Cheaper labour, lower standard of living equals less workers rights (sick/ maternity pay)
More relax ENV regulations
Reduce taxes to attract TNC FDI/special economic zones (low tax areas)
Cheaper land
What is the background information on Detroit, Michigan?
31% poverty rate
Used to be the hub of US
City of industries music
In 1920 they had the 4th largest city
Ford from Detroit, most people are employed there which push them into the middle class
They had a trade port.
What are the causes of global shift in Detroit, Michigan?
An issue with suburbanisation
Riots in 1967,, the wealthiest left first
Depopulation
Completion of the US in terstrate highway system
Mechanisation, resulted in a mass unemployment as it is cheaper
Competition with Japan and Germany
What were the social impacts of global shift on Detroit, Michigan?
Poverty rate increased from 15% in 1970 to 33.2% in 2021, 730,000 in 2010
In 2011 the literacy rate was 47%
Half the children are in poverty
1 in 3 every people live below poverty level
What are the economic impacts of global shift in Detroit, Michigan?
In 2009 Detroit was in $300 million in debt and got rid many public services E.G transport and street lighting
In 2009 the average house price in Detroit was only $7500 with many homes available for only a few hundred dollars
Less people less taxes
