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Urbanization in globalization process: Where? Why? and What to do?

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.

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Urbanization in globalization process: Where? Why? and What to do?

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  1. 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

  2. Globalization Urbanization Megacities

  3. What is going on??? steps: Trade abroad (territory discovery, new resources, etc.) Free trade (Great Britain, XIX) Colony division Informational Communications (Telegraph – internet)

  4. The trade activity

  5. 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.

  6. By 2015, therewillbe 23 citieswith a populationover 10 million, 19 ofwhichwillbeindevelopingcountries.

  7. Topical problems: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • 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)

  8. 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 ofmultinational 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

  9. 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…

  10. 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_the_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.

  11. Thanks for your attention

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