THE WORLD TODAY

THE WORLD TODAY

1. GLOBALISATION

   • Characteristics
     • countries are becoming interrelated
     • expansion of capitalism
     • the economic system
   • Types
     • economic
       • high mobility of workers, raw materials and capital
       • decision-making power transferred from states to large private companies
       • concentration wealth, instability and inequality
       • Production relocated to other countries and increase in power for multinational
       • unemployment and loss of purchasing power
     • Scientific and technological
       • comunication
       • high technology
   • Process
     • economic
     • technological
     • social
     • cultural
   • Disadvantages
     • international conflicts
     • migrations
     • urban and demographic problems

2. CONFLICTS

   • XXI Century
   • Causes
     • Economic differences
     • Unresolved conflicts relating to other periods of history
     • Religious or cultural intolerance
   • Consecuences
     • Geopolitical tension
     • Civil conflicts
     • Wars between nations
     • Territorial disputes
     • Terrorisms

3. MIGRATION

   • Causes
     • Natural
       • Force local population to leave their homes
       • Catastrophes
     • Political
       • conflicts and political crises disrupt a country and force
       • the emigrants leave their countries, they are called EXILES
     • Socioeconomic
       • Emigrants seek a better quality of life in terms of: health, education and employment
   • Types
     • Forced
       • Wars
       • Persecution
       • Natural disasters
     • Voluntary
       • Economic
       • Social
       • Professional
     • Temporary
       • Emigrants return to their home country after a period of time
     • Permanent
       • Emigrants permanently settle in their destination country

4. URBAN PROBLEMS

   • Causes Advantages
     • Better employment opportunities
     • More services and leisure facilities
   • Consecuences Disadvantage
     • Environmental degradation
       • Consecuences Types of pollution: air, noise and water
     • Supplies and waste management
       • Cause: cities consume large amount of raw materials and energy
       • Consecuences: this can result in supply and waste energy
     • Social segregation
       • In large conurbation there is spatial segregation within the city
     • Housing
       • Cause: inner city decline and the growth of the urban population
       • Consecuences: more and more houses need to be built

5. POPULATION

   • Population’s characteristic
     • Birth rates
     • Death rates
     • Life expectancy
     • Natural population growth
   • Birth rates
     • Number of people who born
   • Death rates
     • Number of people who die
   • Life expectancy
     • Number of years a person is expected to live
   • Natural population growth
     • Tells us how a population has developed or changed in a specific period