4 Forces of Change
Government Policy
Multinational Corporations
Global Institutions
Local Community Groups
Local Community Group Example
New Era Estate
Government Policy Examples
Salford Quays
China’s 1 child policy
URBAN POLICY
Why should places be studied in context?
As they have a past that has shaped them, and embedded them in regional, national and global contexts
Place in Context Example
Trafalgar Square
Global Institutions as a Force of Change
World Bank
Invests in and helps set up thousands of projects, reduces poverty
Multinational Corporations as a Force of Change: Detroit
Ford- large economic boost- jobs + wages = migrants! 1950's, factories closed and relocated Social deprivation Huge population decline Huge levels of unemployment- 24.8% in 2010