Drivers Of Global Change

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Global change consists of the changes that occur in the earth’s system. The processes of global change are influenced by many factors that affect the land, oceans, atmosphere and the societal and historical parts of life, however, the main driver of global change is the growing human population and their development of industrialisation. This happened due to the demand for energy, such as coal, foods, such as fruits that aren’t in season, goods, such as clothes that couldn’t be made by hand and services and information. Aspects such as capitalism, the usage of technology to stay mobile, colonialism and imperialism have also influenced global change. Throughout history, industrialisation caused by the Industrial Revolution has played a very …show more content…
And continued to spread to Europe and onto the United States. It is a historical transformation from a “Traditional” society to a “modern” society. The movement affected everything from industrial manufacturing processes to the daily life of the average citizens. The Industrial Revolution changed a lot of lives and the way society is driven positively by improving many work conditions and mass-production which helped increase the amount of goods made. According to Eric McLamb (2011) there was a sudden increase in Europe’s population in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century; due to this there were problems as houses became crowded. This was a time where people started moving into towns as jobs became more available there and less available in the …show more content…
It has led to the modern age and drove technology and mobility forward at a faster and better rate than ever before. The Industrial Revolution had three phases that has formed and become a part of our modern world now. The first phase started with Britain in the 1770’s to the 1860’s which lead it to spread to countries in Western and Northern Europe and the United States. The second phase was brought to Russia, Japan, other parts of Eastern and Southern, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The third phase is the stage we are in now which started in the 1960’; these countries consist of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Turkey, India, Brazil, Chile and

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