JGI216H1 Lecture : globalization and deindustrialization
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Detroit and houston vs. toronto: both are specialized on one specific industry, houston was affected by the oil shock, both wanted to diversify their industry. Urban renewal in shanghai: has experienced huge economic growth, bad air quality because of pollution, everything being developed is really big; huge part of the city was being developed but is juxtaposed by huge poverty. Detroit: deindustrialization: of the population declined, middle class afro-americans are moving out of the city because of crime rates, banishing manufacturing jobs: 44% drop since 2001, rustbelt. Houston: capital of the sunbelt: sunbelt: cities located in a warm climate, characterized by neoliberalism.
