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Winners and losers in a globalising world Flashcards

1
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why have millions migrated form rural areas?

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to areas with higher-productivity secondary industry employment in urban areas

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what has happened to the number of people earning less than $1.25 a day

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the number has been declining since 1990

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what was one of the UN millennium goals about the $1.25 a day

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One of the goals was to halve the number of people living below $1.25 between 1990 and 2015

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4
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how many people in 1990 lived on less than $1.25 a day

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1.9Bn

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5
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How many people lived on less than $1.25 in 2015

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836 million people

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6
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How has the global economic shift reduced poverty?

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poverty reduction associated with waged worked

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7
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what are the costs associated with rapid growth?

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loss of productive farmland
unplanned settlements (Shanty towns/slums and favelas)

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Who/what is union carbide?

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An American chemical corporation wholly owned by Dow chemical company

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9
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why did union carbide move to India?

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Lower waged workers, less environmental standards, less needed for health and safety

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what did union carbide change its name to when it moved to India?

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Union Carbide India Limited

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where did union carbide set up their factory?

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Bhopal

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12
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when did the Bhopal accident happened?

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December 2nd 1984

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what actually happened at the Bhopal disaster?

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the pesticide plant released at least 30 tons of a highly toxic gas

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what was the name of the toxic chemical released in Bhopal?

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Methyl isocyanate or MIC

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who first detected the leak in Bhopal?

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the workers when their eyes began to tear and burn

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why is it odd that the workers first detected the leak? Bhopal

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Shows their was no detection technology to find the leak, also shows that the workers weren’t wearing protective equipment i.e. goggles

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17
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how long did it take for the supervisors to acknowledge the leak? (Bhopal)

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2 hours after 40 tons of MIC had escaped into the atmosphere

18
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How many primary deaths happened because the Bhopal disaster?

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3,800 that night of the leak

19
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how many secondary deaths did the Bhopal disaster have?

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11,000 further deaths

20
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what are the problems associated with Bhopal in the present day?

A

toxic material remains
those exposed give birth to mentally and physically disabled children

21
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how have the locals been fighting back? (Bhopal)

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the locals want the the site cleared but efforts have slowed when union carbide was taken over in 2001

22
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how did the pipes cause the bhopal disaster?

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leaky pipes were not replaced

23
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what was the skill level of workers? (Bhopal)

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low waged low skilled workers

24
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what was the problem with the safety manuals?

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forced to use English even though few could speak it manuals

25
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what happened to workers who refused to deviate from proper safety regulations? (Bhopal)

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70% of plants workers fined before the disaster lowering moral

26
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was health and safety training required in the factory? (Bhopal)

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laws meant H&S wasn’t needed

27
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what happened if workers notified or joined a union?

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workers were ignored and sacked

28
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What happened to promotions in the factory? (Bhopal)

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Halted affecting morale driving skilled workers elsewhere meaning mostly low skilled workers left

29
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what is the name of the most polluted city in the world?

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Linfen china equivalent of smoking 50 cigarettes a day

30
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why is linfens air quality so low

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as coal mining operates in the area and heavy trucks full of coal spend hours on congested roads pumping out gases

31
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Does china have environmental protection laws?

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Have very strict laws and environmental protection agency

32
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why does environmental degradation take place in china if laws are in place?

A

the consequence are insubstantial

33
Q

what is the cost of polluting a water source in china?

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Aus $1200

34
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how is enforcement hindered in china?

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corruption and companies informed of inspection and paint a better picture

35
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what % of groundwater is polluted in china?

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60% is poor or extremely poor quality

36
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what % of forests are facing pressure by urbanisation?

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36%

37
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what area in the south china sea is the most polluted marine areas?

A

the Yellow Sea

38
Q

what area of and turns to desert each year in china

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67km*2

39
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what was the fine particulate level over Beijing in 2013?

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993ug/m*3

40
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what was the WHO’s standard for air quality?

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no more than 25ug/m*3

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