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What is globablisation, different forms?
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-world becoming more connected, through TNC's & FDI
-wide access to internet & media sources -migration |
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Kyoto Protocol 1997
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Usa & china, austrailia didnt sign up carbon credit tradingoffsetting carbon schemes192 players
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Factors accelerating globalisation
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Oil money (opec)internet & media accessfree tradeTNC'stransport, faster planes, ships for cargo
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Disadvantages of globablisation
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Growing inequalityloss of jobs due to global shiftunstustainable economic growth due to excessive energy usewesternised globabl culture, lack of identity
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Disadvantages to eastern european source country (poland)
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Pressure on family lifelack of skilled workers "brain drain"population going down
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Benefits to UK from Polish migration
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Replacement labour forceadd to the uk economyincrease birthrates enriched multicultural society
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TWO-SPEED WORLD?
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Time-space compressionricher are getting richer poorer are getting poorer, or staying the same.
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Global networking
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Mobile phonesinternetlow cost air travelcable + satellite tv accessfavourite brands becoming more gloabl, e.g. nike, cocacola, subway
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Philippines (disaster hotspot)
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Pacific ring of firehurricane beltcrowded coastlinesdestructive marginel nino+la nina yearspoverty, deforestationurbanisation = vul popno warning technologymiddle incomemt pinatubo 1991, 300deaths, 80000hectares farmland destroyed
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California disaster hotspot
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Flooding due to eustatic sea level riseel nino+la nina years7th biggest economy in the worldhazard proof buildings+technologyconstructive plate = san andreas faultpacific ring on firetsunami+landslidesLA=photochemical smogliquefactioncrowded coastlines due to urban sprawlhigh capacity to cope.
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Anthropogenic causes of climate change
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Deforestation=31million fbpitches a year , loss of carbon sinks.methane from melting permafrost, landfills, animalsincreased burning of fossil fuels,
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Natural causes of climate change
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Milankovitch cycles (every 100,000yrs warm+cool)sun spot activity (maunder minimum)cosmic collisions (nucleur winter)super volcanic ash eruptions (mt.pinatubo, nucleur winter)
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Disadvantages to host country from eastern european migration
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Discriminationstrain on services
over crowding illegal trafficking |
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Push factors in source countries e.g. Poland
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Unemployment of 25% in polandlow wagesreplacement labour force in UK
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Evidence for climate change
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Ice coredendrochronolgy old paintings & diariespollen analysisecosystem changeocean sensors satellites
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