Effects of Globalization on Cities and Communities
Brittany Williams
August 12, 2017
Globalization affects all of us. It affects the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the cars we drive, the places we travel to, and even the television we watch. These daily interactions often create some type of global interaction with us even knowing. This paper will define globalization, provide the history of globalization, focus on the _____ theory, discuss the general dimensions of globalization, review some of the successes and failures of globalization, review the debate of hyperglobalizers and identify the current trends of globalization and how it affects cities.
What Is Globalization? Globalization has played a major role in many countries economically, politically, culturally and ecologically. Globalization, or the increased …show more content…
Shrinking space, shrinking time and disappearing borders are linking people's lives more deeply, more intensely, more immediately than ever before," states the 1999 Human Development Report of the United Nations Development Programme. Globalization’s common features are interdependency, interconnection, shrinking of space, speeding up time, capital and technology. Interdependency is the idea that people from all over the world depend on one another in different aspects of life. Interconnections are the belief that people are connected to places that were unheard of due to distance. Shrinking of space is the concept that distance is not as important as it used to be, because places that were considered far are now easier to reach. Speeding up time is the concept that the world operates at a faster rate, in terms of money, ideas, information, and people. Technological developments, such as airplanes, the Internet, and television help make globalization happen. Capital is the flow of money and investments around the world that drives the process of
Brittany Williams
August 12, 2017
Globalization affects all of us. It affects the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the cars we drive, the places we travel to, and even the television we watch. These daily interactions often create some type of global interaction with us even knowing. This paper will define globalization, provide the history of globalization, focus on the _____ theory, discuss the general dimensions of globalization, review some of the successes and failures of globalization, review the debate of hyperglobalizers and identify the current trends of globalization and how it affects cities.
What Is Globalization? Globalization has played a major role in many countries economically, politically, culturally and ecologically. Globalization, or the increased …show more content…
Shrinking space, shrinking time and disappearing borders are linking people's lives more deeply, more intensely, more immediately than ever before," states the 1999 Human Development Report of the United Nations Development Programme. Globalization’s common features are interdependency, interconnection, shrinking of space, speeding up time, capital and technology. Interdependency is the idea that people from all over the world depend on one another in different aspects of life. Interconnections are the belief that people are connected to places that were unheard of due to distance. Shrinking of space is the concept that distance is not as important as it used to be, because places that were considered far are now easier to reach. Speeding up time is the concept that the world operates at a faster rate, in terms of money, ideas, information, and people. Technological developments, such as airplanes, the Internet, and television help make globalization happen. Capital is the flow of money and investments around the world that drives the process of