Transcript Urbanization in globalization process: Where? Why? and

Urbanization in globalization process:
Where? Why? and What to do?
Prepared by Yunna Khinich
Scientific supervisor: Varlamova O.A.
Foreign language supervisor: Koblenz I. L.
Dnipropetrovsk
2011
Globalization
Urbanization
Megacities
What is going on???
steps:
1. Trade abroad (territory
2.
3.
4.
discovery, new resources,
etc.)
Free trade (Great Britain,
XIX)
Colony division
Informational
Communications
(Telegraph – internet)
The trade activity
Urbanization
• 3.3 billion people live in
cities.
• 60% will live in cities by
2030.
• Almost 180,000 people
move into cities each day.
• 60 million people move
into cities each year in
developing countries.
• Over the next 15 to 20
years, many cities in Africa
and Asia will double in size.
By 2015, there will be 23 cities with a population over 10
million, 19 of which will be in developing countries.
Topical problems:
• Lack of housing
• Lack of infrastructure
services
• Lack of property rights
• Enviromental (air,water,
sound…pollution)
• Social (religion,
traditions, unemployment,
traffic increasing
huge number of accidents)
Megacities as a result
Cities are growing as people
move from the countryside in
search of better jobs and living
conditions.
Economic characteristics
 World-wide influencing corporate headquarters of multinational
corporations, international financial institutions, law firms,
conglomerants, and stock exchange
 Significant financial capacity/output: city/regional GDP
 Stock market indices/market capitalisation
 Financial service provision; e.g., banks, accountancy
 Cost of living personal wealth; e.g., number of billionaires
What to do?
 Infrastructure development
(both in the city and in the
village)
 Green-certification
 Economical living
 Strengthen urban
governance
 Transform slums into
legitimate
communities…
References
 http://www.globalization101.org/index.php?file=static&id=7
 http://www.feg.org.ua/en/news/foundation_press/60.html
 http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/2833741
 http://www.id4.ru/idea/ekonomika/goroda-millionery/
 http://www.essaysprofessors.com/samples/Sociology/Globalization-and-the-
City.html
 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Treaty_on_European_Union/Declarations#Declaration_on_th
e_Economic_and_Social_Committee
 http://www.megabook.ru/Article.asp?AID=680860
 http://www.auswaertiges-
amt.de/EN/Infoservice/Broschueren/Uebersicht_node.html
 http://www.cnbcmagazine.com/story/eco-nomical-living/1228/1/
 http://www.breeam.org/page.jsp?id=23
 The course of lectures “Globalization and Regionalization”,Y.V.Orlovskaya.
Thanks for your attention