impacts of deindustrialisation Detroit Flashcards
why was detroit in decline
due to outsourcing/ mechanisation
Chrysler (cars) cut workforce in half (1950-1958)
1947-1977 manufacturing jobs fell from 338400 to 153000
high unemployment as an impact
2019 - rate was 80%
area has been unable to replace jobs lost by deinudstrialisation
crime as an impact
in 2014, had the 2nd highest gun crime rate in USA
becomes ‘switched-on’ to illegal global flows of people/drugs, contributing as well to informal sector
depopulation as a crime
1.1 mil have moved since 1950, racial factor means that white people are able to move out more easily than black people
cheap homes means people are trapped
dereliction as an impact
as a result of combination of factors (crime, prices falling, business closure)
2015 - 70,000 abandoned buildings
breakages of windows common, and more serious issues become common
what is the model highlighted in Detroity
spiral of decline
