Edexcel A Level Geography Paper 2 case studies(human) Study Guide Solutions
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2024/2025
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2024/2025
Edexcel A Level Geography Paper 2 case
studies(human) Study Guide Solutions
Globalisation - China - global manufacturing hub - Ans:--China's open door policy 1978 which was a
more open market economy which encouraged FDI, the global shift and they set up SEZ's.
-Factories, industrial hubs and p...
Globalisation - Examples of Westernisation(cultural erosion) - Changing diets in Asia - Ans:✔✔-
Globalisation is helping to shift Asian diets towards 'western styles'. Examples include the rise of fast
food such as Mcdonaldization.
China and Japan have very changing diets, including a lot of fast food - this has had negative effects such
as increasing obesity rates and more pressure on health services.
Globalisation - Three ways in which local communities to reduce impact of globalisation? - Ans:✔✔-
Localism and transition towns - response to globalisation by using more sustainable means - examples
include by using more locally sourced foods instead from TNCS, this helps to reduce carbon footprint. An
example would be a transition town of Brixton - they use more local produce, introduced the Brixton
pound too.
Pressure groups and NGOS - Fair Trade:
-Fair trade puts stickers on all products which have been produced by small scale farms and businesses
who have good environmental records.
-This is helpful in preventing impacts of globalisation as it stops large unsustainable groups from
monopolising the markets as well as giving smaller farmers fair pay.
-In the UK in 2016, $1.6 billion of fair trade products were sold.
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