A-Level Geography - Human - Distant Place Study: Detroit
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- Distant Place - Detroit
- Physical
- Late 19th century; Detroit referred to as the 'Paris of the West' for its architecture, grand avenues, and the recently electrified Washington Boulevard
- 1940s; The Davison, the world's first urban depressed highway, was built, symbolising the automotive centric city
- 1929; Skyline of Detroit consisted of modernist skyscrapers in the CBD along with factories
- 1950s; Construction of highway and freeway systems, along with demand for new housing, stimulated suburbanisation
- 1956; Detroit's last heavily used streetcar line was replaced with buses, continuing to symbolise the motor city
- 2000s; 10,000 homes being demolished every 4 years, with 1 family leaving every 20 minutes
- 2010; Out of the 139 sqr miles of Detroit, 40 sqr miles is vacant (1/3 of the city)
- 2000s; Abandoned buildings, litter and stray animals show an unpleasant landscape
- 2012; 1 sqr mile being developed from abandoned buildings into urban woodland
- 2017; 1500 urban gardens created in Detroit
- Economical
- 1903; Henry Ford founded Ford, which established Detroit as the automotive capital
- 1907; Detroit river carried 67 million tons of shipping commerce, compared to 19 million for London
- 1932; Rouge River industrial complex was the largest factory in the world, 100,000 workers and 120 miles of conveyor belts
- 1950s; 60% of the industry was the automotive industry, creating plenty of jobs and opportunities
- Attracted black workers from the south, showing in a 103% increase of black workers in post-war Detroit
- 1973; Gasoline crisis made buyers choose more efficient foreign market cars, seeing the sales of Detroit-made cars reduce
- Led to plants being close and thousands losing their jobs in the city
- 2000s; US EV industry undercut by foreign markets like China, $41,000 US vs $20,000 Chinese + 3x the range
- 2010; Over 10 years, Michigan lost 50% of manufacturing jobs, with 50,000 factories being closed in the US
- American Axle outsourced 200,000 jobs to Mexico, General Motors moved R&D to Shanghai
- 2000s; Worker's wages being cut back by $3-4 per hour to compete or they are made redundant
- 2009; General Motors & Chrysler bankrupt, led to 50% cut on union's wages
- 2017; Foodlab Detroit helped create healthy food businesses with urban farming
- Created 250 jobs with $7.5 Million revenue
- 1903; Henry Ford founded Ford, which established Detroit as the automotive capital
- Social
- 1930s; Population soared from under 80,000 in 1870 to 1.5 million
- Made Detroit the US's 4th largest city
- 1920s; Developed racial conflicts and discrimination due to rapid demographic changes with black migration from the South & European migration
- 1/3 of the 20,000 - 30,000 KKK members based in Michigan was thought to be in Detroit
- 1943; Detroit Race riot took place after Packard promoted 3 blacks to work next to whites on its assembly lines, leading to 25,000 whites to walk out
- Riots led to 25 black deaths, 450 wounded and property damage
- 1950s; Unequal opportunities led to unequal housing for blacks, with them being limited to lower cost & lower quality housing due to policies
- July 1967; Assassination of MLK led to Twelfth Street Riot, where the Michigan National Guard was mobilised into Detroit
- Led to 43 deaths, 467 injured, 7,200 arrests and >2000 buildings destroyed which remained ruins for decades, marking the most costly US riot
- 2010; US Census showed Detroit's population was 713,000 (highest was 1.8 million in 1950s)
- Shows 59% increase in young residents moving downtown due to cheap housing
- 2010s; 70% of people are obese or overweight, and live closer to a fast food store than a supermarket
- Led to urban gardens being created to provide fresh food for local communities, Brightmore has a 20 block farm area w/ community buildings
- 1930s; Population soared from under 80,000 in 1870 to 1.5 million
- Physical
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