Case studies
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- Created by: Gabby Kenworthy
- Created on: 06-06-13 13:46
Coca Cola: TNC
- invented in 1886 by a pharmacist John Pemberton
- No. 1 manufacturer of soft drinks in the world
- serves over 1.7 million servings everyday
- only 5 countries its not sold in; Cuba, Sudan, Iran, Burma and North Korea
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Uk- Globalisation impacts
- one of the largest attractors of FDI
- one of the largest investers in other countries
- only 71% employment due to TNC's moving away
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China- Globalisation impacts and NIC
- 5th largest global trader
- maufactures 1/2 of the worlds computers
- maufactures 60% of bicycles
- 1.3 billion people
- due to one child policy growth has declined from 2.5% to 0.6%
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Mauritius: population explosion
- 1860 sq km
- relies on sugar kane (90% of land and 25% of exports)
- 1960's had a population of 500,000 that was set to reach 3 million in 2006
- they have limited resourse and no room for expansion
- Boserup vs Malthus
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Colorado river management
- 1450 miles long
- from Rocky mountains to Gulf of California
- drainage basin in 7 US states and 2 Mexican
- serves 36-40 million people
- has 29 major dams including Hover dam
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mexico-USA migration
- 350,000,000 crossings a year
- 600 miles of fence constructed
- some mexican villages lost 2/3 of inhabitants
- criminal prosecutions increased by 39%
- left very olf and young in mexic
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Population management: Kerala India
- 1/2 of women in india can't read of write but in Kerala its 85%
- contraceptive usage rose from 13% to 48% but still only 3% is the use of condoms
- fertitlity rate more that halved
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France: under polulation
- 65 million people (20 million less than germany)
- Growth insentives: £1000 for having a 3rd child, 30% reduction on public transport, increased maternity to 6 months on full pay
- popluation has grown since being introduced after ww1 to increase numbers of men lost in the war
- but fertitily rates have now dropped
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Great Barrier Reef: National Park
- streatches 2,300 km
- 2,900 reefs
- 1,500 species of fish
- has 6 out of the 7 threatened turtals
- and 30 different mamal species
- 1.6 million visiters a year
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Aberfan landslide (mass movement)
- 21st October 1966
- Wales
- 40ft wave of slurry hit
- 144 people died
- small mining village
- hit when children were at school
- 14000 tons of debris
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Galtur, Austria: Avalanche
- 23rd February 1999
- wave of snow reached 50m in height
- 31 people died
- hit at the height of the skiing season
- low pressure, winds, build up of snow and sharpe landscape all helped cause it
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Icelandic Ash cloud
- 14th April 2010 erupted for the 2nd time in 2 months
- cost Europe £10 million a day!
- 100,000 flights cancelled- people stranded
- biggest no fly zone ever
- most volcanic place on earth
- particles met the jet stream at the height of planes to europe
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1953 storm surge; Flooding Felixstowe
- 31st of January, 11.30pm
- no flood warning system
- tidel surge of 3.2 m
- sea levels rose 3 m
- 300 people drowned
- 200,000 evacuated
- 1/5 of felixstowe flooded
- gale force winds, natural high tides and low pressure
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Haiti Earthquake
- struck at 16:53 on Tuesday 12th January 2010
- measured 7 on the richter scale
- capital was 10 miles north west of the epicentre
- over 100,000 dead
- 5000 prisoners escaped
- focused 13km underground
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Montserat Volcanoe
- 29th june 1997
- langest lasting volcanic eruption
- 9000 people dead
- 2000m high clouds of ash
- 2000 people left the island
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Sir Lanka: Rainforest management
- 700 types of animal
- 3000 species of plants
- 60% of rainforest remains
- 17 species of frog extinct
- aims to restore 10,000 hectares of rain forest with a coridor linking Sinharaja and Kanneliya
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Bolivia: managing globalisation
- south Americas poorest country
- high levels of out migration
- over 5 billion debt
- methods:
- resourse nationalisation; bolivia now own 85% of oil and gas
- resourse conservation: sustainably forestry
- trade agreements: eg exchage oil or soya for cuban doctors
- taxation: increasing tax on FDI and TNC's
- Land reform: giving back to farmers
- focusing on litracy and health
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Bangladesh: Aid
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Bangladesh: Aid
- half the size or Germany but has twice the popluation
- Aid from Germany and UK
- 70% of rural population has no access to electricity
- 14000 new classrooms and 12000 teachers
- 100000 farmers have improved access to markets
- 14 million people have better acess to health car
- raised more than 20000 flood prone homes
- emergency aid from UN eg money, boats, blankets, food and water
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Taman Negara; eco tourism
- world oldest rainforest (130 million years)
- Longest canopy walk (510m)
- biggest national park in Malaysia
- over 250 species of birds
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Japan earthquake
- marth 11th 2011
- 8.9 on the Richter scale
- biggest ever earthquake in Japan and 5th largest ever
- nearly 16000 dead
- waves reached 6 miles inland
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Boscastle: Flood
- monday 16th August 2004
- expotential amount of rain fell in 8 hours
- almost identical event happened 52 years before onn North Devon Coast
- no one died
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