Globalisation- EQ2 Flashcards
Impacts of globalisation for countries, groups of people and cultures, and the environment? (11 cards)
What is the Global Shift?
Movement of global economic activity to Asia via:
Manufacturing (China)
Services (India)
4 Benefits of the Global Shift?
Infrastructure Investment
Waged work
Poverty reduction
Education & Training
4 Costs of the Global Shift?
Growing inequalities
Loss of productive land
Unplanned settlements
Environmental & Resource pressure
4 Environmental problems experienced in developing countries?
Air & Water pollution
land degradation
Over-exploitation of resources
Loss of biodiversity
2 Factors responsible for growth of Megacities (e.g. Mumbai, Karachi)
Rural-Urban migration
Natural increase
2 Challenges created by rapid urban growth
Social challenges
Environmental challenges
2 Ways economic migration has increased
High-Wage migration to London & Singapore
Low-Wage migration to UAE & Saudi Arabia
4 Causes of Cultural Diffusion?
TNCs
Global Media Corporations
Tourism
Migration
4 Impacts of Cultural Diffusion?
“Westernised” global culture
Changing diets in Asia
Awareness of opportunities for disadvantaged groups
Cultural Erosion
5 Factors of Cultural Erosion
Loss of language
Traditional food
Music
Clothes
Social Relations
Causes and impacts of Cultural Erosion
Sometimes intentional
Devaluing local & large-scale ecosystems
