ggh3704_memo

Question1 hisquestionrequiresanelaborationandapplicationoftheTriggerfactorsthatwerepartof Assignment1.ItisstatedthatDetroit'seconomywasbasedoncarmanufacturing.Fortwo reasonsitbecametroublesome.Inthefirstcase,globalistionresultedinamoreglobal distributionofcarmanufacturing-forexample,Mercedes(originalaGermancar)isnow assembledinothercountriessuchastheUK.AverylargeassemblyplantofVolkswagenisnow locatedinPoland.ThesecondreasonisthatChinadumpedalargevolumeofsteelintheUSA, theUSAsteelindustrysuffered,andrecentlytheUSAraisedtheimporttaxof(Chinese)steelto theUSA. TheconsequenceswerethatthecarmanufacturingindustryinDetroitcollapsed,manypeople leftthecityanditbecamea'Doughnut'city.Likewise,Johannesburgwasoriginallybasedonthe goldindustry.Thisisnolongerthecase,itisnowacommercialcityandintheAfricancontexta globalcity.Thus,Detroitisstrugglingtoadapttothechangeinitseconomicbase. Johannesburgsuccessfullychangeditsmainfunction.Inbothcasesotherchangingtrigger factorsnowalsoplayarole,suchasdemographicchange,culturalchange,etc. Afewpointsaboutthisquestion: (1)Formativeassessment(theassignments)islargelybasedoninformationprovideinthe studymaterial.Summativeassessment(theexaminationquestions)requirestheapplicationof thestudymaterialonrealworldissues. (2)Itrequiresyoutothinkfurther. (3)thereasonwhyIprovidedyouwiththetenquestionsistoguideyousothatthequestionsin theexaminationpaperdonotcomeasasurprise. (4)Shareyourviews.Onsomequestionsfellowstudentshavealreadyprovidedgoodadvise. Question2 Globalisationhashadprofoundeffectsoncitiesandurbansystemsofcitiesbecauseofthe closeinteractionbetweenglobalandlocalforces…Theprocessanditsoutcomesinvolve unevendevelopmentbothwithinandamongcities”(KnoxandMcCarthy(2014:26). 2.1Criticallyexplainthe‘gobalisationofcities’asaprocess(1