impacts of deindustrialisation Detroit

Question 1

why was detroit in decline

Answer 1

due to outsourcing/ mechanisation
Chrysler (cars) cut workforce in half (1950-1958)
1947-1977 manufacturing jobs fell from 338400 to 153000

Question 2

high unemployment as an impact

Answer 2

2019 - rate was 80%
area has been unable to replace jobs lost by deinudstrialisation

Question 3

crime as an impact

Answer 3

in 2014, had the 2nd highest gun crime rate in USA
becomes ‘switched-on’ to illegal global flows of people/drugs, contributing as well to informal sector

Question 4

depopulation as a crime

Answer 4

1.1 mil have moved since 1950, racial factor means that white people are able to move out more easily than black people
cheap homes means people are trapped

Question 5

dereliction as an impact

Answer 5

as a result of combination of factors (crime, prices falling, business closure)
2015 - 70,000 abandoned buildings
breakages of windows common, and more serious issues become common

Question 6

what is the model highlighted in Detroity

Answer 6

spiral of decline