Tuesday february 1 - economic globalization
urbanization
has been linked to
•
industrialization
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deindustrialization
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capitalism
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and since 1980
ʼ
s, globalization
National shift - rustbelt to sunbelt
global Shift - from core to periphery
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industrialization
in the periphery (rise of Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore)
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Deindustrialization
(increased polarization of wealth/poor in large older capitalist cities
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rise of service sector in core (mostly in MDC
ʼ
s, and India)
Globalization-
1.
increasing interconnectedness of people and places through processes of economic,
political, cultural and environmental change
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example: olympic games
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lives of ordinary people shaped by events, actions from far away
2. overarching process of integration and convergence
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ATM
ʼ
s worldwide
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globalization takes place in cities, and cities embody and reflect globalization
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technology has sped up the spread of information
Three types of globalization:
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economic:
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- Spring '11
- Benton-Short
- Globalization, economic globalization urbanization, places Economic Globalization
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