Both the upper and lower classes were changed and they both had different experiences. Economic theories were developed as a direct effect of the revolution, economic theories such as capitalism and communism. Each theory benefited different social classes and each theory had its flaws. The industrial revolution caused the growth of cities to skyrocket. The majority of people in Europe lived in rural areas before the revolution and after the majority of people lived in urban areas.
This has occurred as a result of rapid advances in transport and telecommunications technology, such that it is now possible to buy and sell stock, place orders for delivery/production of good and discuss business strategy at the click of a button. World cities are cities such as New York, London, Paris and Tokyo, and they fall into global hierarchy of dominance and dependence more of which will be discussed in character. Mega cities in the developing world contract a great deal to this. Whereas world cities play important roles globally, megacities in the DW tend to have their influence limited to the nation in which they exist. This is a result of the fact that more than 40% of the less developed nations population live in megacities; making them large hubs for population, employment and free riding off services such as sanitation and water not provided in rural areas (and only marginally supplied in megacities incidentally).
“With reference to examples, evaluate the success or otherwise of urban regeneration schemes in combating the causes and consequences of urban decline.” (40) Urban decline has been triggered by a number of factors including deindustrialisation, which began in 1967 in the UK. Urban regeneration schemes including enterprise zones, UDCs and Partnerships have been put in place in order to combat the causes and consequences of urban decline, and improve the areas suffering most from its effects. Enterprise zones were set up to stimulate growth in areas of high unemployment while UDCs are property-led regeneration. Partnerships were introduced later on in order to address some of the weaknesses of earlier schemes. In this essay, I will evaluate the success of these programmes in their attempt to regenerate areas badly affected by urban decline.
New Imperialism Between the years 1870 and 1920, European imperialism accelerated due to political, economic, and social forces. Imperialism is the domination over undeveloped countries using these forces. The Industrial Revolution helped advance the European nations through technology. Other nations were able to control over many other less-developed areas around the world. Imperialism began in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century’s affecting many countries, for example, China, India, Africa, and South America were all affected by imperialism.
In this essay I will analyse the extent to which Britain had an industrial depression after the year 1873, the ways this event ultimately materialised and why. During the mid-Victorian boom, Britain's export performance was greatly aided by the policy of free trade which was adopted by most economically developed countries at the time. After 1873, however, many European countries and the USA abandoned free trade and began imposing taxes on imported goods called tariffs. This resulted in domestic goods in other countries being effectively cheaper than the imported British goods meaning that foreign firms were less inclined to import goods. For example, Italy abandoned free trade in 1878, followed by Germany in 1879, France in 1882 and finally the USA in 1883.
2)The new urban Sociology has developed from an earlier theoretical work known as political economy. Who are some of the earlier Sociologists with this theoretical perspective and what are their views? Why are they significant to help our understanding of cities? What is meant by uneven development, what causes it to occur in metropolitan regions and what are its effects on metropolitan growth? Give examples of uneven development from an area where you live.
Essay Questions 1. There are several differences between the industrial society and the postindustrial society. Within the industrial society, new types of technology were introduced in order to mass produce goods needed for the economy to grow. Steam transportation was used in order to send their goods to further locals than ever before. They utilized fossil fuel to increase the rate and scale of their production lines, even though over time this would eventually decrease the need for human labor.
According to this view, the root cause of the Great Depression was a global over-investment in heavy industry capacity compared to wages and earnings from independent businesses, such as farms. The solution was the government must pump money into consumers' pockets. That is, it must redistribute purchasing power, maintain the industrial base, but re-inflate prices and wages to force as much of the inflationary increase in purchasing power into consumer spending. The economy was overbuilt, and new factories were not needed. The common view among economic historians is that the Great Depression ended with the advent of World War II.
However, the growth rate has been decreasing since then, and is projected to continue decreasing. The United Nations population projections out to 2100 (the red, orange, and green lines) show a possible peak in the world's population occurring as early as 2040. (contributors) The demographic transition is a model and theory that usually occurs in 4 stages describing the transition from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates that occurs as part of the economic development of a country. All countries undergo a transition during which death rates fall but birth rates remain high. Consequently, population grows rapidly.
TASK 4: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AS ENGINES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Kelly Carver Western Governor's University TASK 4: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AS ENGINES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT PART A The Industrial Revolution had a significant social impact on Western society in a couple of ways. The Industrial Revolution began in England in the 1790’s and spread through out Europe and then to America. Although the positive effects of the Industrial Revolution were plentiful, two negative effects were substantial. One social consequence being child labor and the other being undesirable living conditions. The Industrial Revolution caused urbanization to develop abruptly.