GLOBALISATION EQ2: What are the impacts of globalisation for countries, different groups of people and cultures and the physical environment?

GLOBALISATION EQ2: What are the impacts of globalisation for countries, different groups of people and cultures and the physical environment?

1. 3.4- The global shift has created winners and losers for people and the physical environment

   • Communities have experienced major environmental problems
     • Canada, Tar Sands
       • Because of water pollution, Northern Pike are being deformed
       • Drug dealing is becoming a bigger problem amongst the younger inhabitants
       • A sharp increase in cancer and cancer related illnesses due to pollution
   • A movement in the global economic centre of gravity
     • India- Services
       • Visibly underdeveloped and slower growth than China
     • China- Manufacturing
       • fast 'sprinter' but arguably unsustainable
       • 1 authority government makes clear decisions
       • Cheap, standard production
       • rural areas are losing land for building factories
     • Both focusing on education and teaching English, the 'global' language
   • De-industrialised areas face social and environmental problems as a resultof economic restructuring
     • Detroit
       • Facing dereliction, contamination, crime and high unemployment
       • Spiral of decline
         • Old factories close
           • Land becomes derelict
             • Jobs lost
               • people leave inner city
                 • Fewer services needed. Shops and schools close
                   • More jobs lost
                     • More people leave
                       • people who stay are elderly or low income
                         • little investment leads to it becoming derelict
                           • more crime and vandilism
                             • Quality of life gets worse
       • The population has declined from 1,900,000 in 1950 to just 600,000 in 2013
       • It is facing $20billion debt
       • Owes money to over 100,000 creditors

2. 3.5- The scale and pace of economic migration has increased as the world has become more interconnected, creating consequences for people and the physical environment

   • Rural-Urban migration and/or natural increase is responsible for the growth of megacities, and rapid growth creates social and environmental challenges
     • Mumbai
       • Mumbai accounts for 40% if India's foreign trade
       • 1971-1981 pop. growth 38.1%
       • Estimated pop. will reach 25.8million by 2025
     • Push/Pull factors
       • Pull- Better wages, better living conditions, more job opportunity
       • Push- war, natural disaster, environmental changes, low wages, political corruption
   • International migration has increased in global hub cities and regions, deepening interdependence between regions
     • Russian Oligarchs
       • UK relies on their investment
       • Eugene Schvilder
         • Estimated worth- £1.5 billion
         • Owns £22 million house in Belgravia
   • Migration has economic, social, political and environmental costs and benefits for both host and source locations