Detroit Flashcards
(29 cards)
Why did Detroit become a successful settlement in 1776?
Controlled by France and good defence location to keep England from using river. Great lakes and waterways provided good travel
Describe the importance of Detroit in terms of trade for the US
Detroit is the gateway from Canada. 1/3 of Canadas land trade uses the Ambassador Bridge
3 similarities between Downtown, Midtown and New Centre
- All census response went down suggesting Detroit is declining
- High % of Black Americans
- More than half the population have internet access
2 differences between Downtown, Midtown and New centre
- Downtown more people houses than people
- Midtown has highest population
What does census data show about Detroit?
Shows there are inequalities, higher or lower rates of poverty linked to internet usage, there is more houses than people in Downtown. Detroit has a high ethnic diversity
What lead to rapid development of Detroit in 19th and early 20th century?
Industrialisation
What caused the rapid decline of Detroit in late 20th century?
deindustrialisation
Why was Henry Ford so significant in the prosperity of Detroit?
His model of industrial-capitalism
How did men and women experience the growth of capitalism differently?
Men working in factories and women staying at home
What happened in the 1930s?
The great depression
How did WW2 benefit Detroit?
car factories rebooted to use for war machines, tanks and resources
What happened to industry in Detroit in the 1970s and 1980s?
Manufactures faced abroad competition so they moved production to cheaper places
What word describes the movement of production by TNC’s abroad?
Offshoring
What happened in 2008/9?
Financial crisis
What happened in 2013?
Bankruptcy
Exogenous factors that have impacted Detroit since 1900
- globalisation of industry
- WW2 used factories
- Great depression
- Government funding to regenerate the city
Why has there been a rise of people moving to Midtown and New centre? and how does rest of Detroit compare?
Due to denitrification
opposite to the rest of Detroit
What happened in Midtown and New centre for the first time in 2015 since 1950s?
The amount of white residents grew by around 8,000
Endogenous factors Detroit has experienced?
Henry Ford, topography, birth rate grew after industrialisation
How much did the population decrease by in 52 years?
0.8 million
What problem occurred with housing in Detroit?
Foreclosures occurred a lot as people couldn’t afford their mortgage
What group of people experienced more foreclosures?
Black people
What is Blight?
cycle of decline are becomes rundown so nobody wants to live there
What is the Blight removal task force?
Put in place in 2013 and demolished Blighted properties
