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Globalisation Enquiry Question 2 - A Level Geography

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Globalisation
Enquiry Question 2: What are the impacts of globalisation for
countries, different groups of people and cultures and the
physical environment?

, 3.4 The global shift has created winners and losers for people and the physical
environment.
Globalisation has had a range of impacts on different countries, as well as different groups
of people and cultures through:
 Global shift in economic activity that have brought a range of economic, social and
environmental impacts.
 The increasing scale and pace of economic migration, resulting in a range of impacts
to places at varying scales.
 Global and local cultural changes associated with globalisation.
The Consequences of the Global Shift of Manufacturing to China
Positive Consequences Negative Consequences
 Foreign companies wishing to
manufacture/sell in China are
often required to set up a joint
venture with a Chinese company,  Widening wealth gap. The wealthiest
Economic eg: Tianjin Toyota, so they can 10% of China earned 65x more than
learn new skills and use new the poorest 10%.
technologies which will train
their workforce and help
establish their own TNC's.
 680 million people moved out of
extreme poverty between 1981  High inequality.
and 2012.  20% of Chinas population lives on less
 12% of Chinese government than 1US$ per day.
Social
public spending went into  Housing is old and some was
healthcare. demolished to make way for the
 16.3% of Chinese government Beijing 2008 Olympic developments.
spending went into education.
Environmental  -  Air pollution. 40x the maximum level
allowed by the WTO.
 Water pollution. 70% of lakes are
polluted. 40% of those 'seriously
polluted'. WHO estimates 100,000
people die annually from water
pollution related illnesses. 94 million
people become ill annually because of
bacterial food borne diseases.
 Loss of farmland as a result of
economic growth, resulting in rapid
urbanisation and conversion of large
amounts of farmland into residential,
industrial, commercial and

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