Prepared by Yunna KhinichScientific supervisor: Varlamova O.A.Foreign language supervisor: Koblenz

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Urbanization in globalization process:

Where? Why? and What to do?

Dnipropetrovsk

2011

Globalization

Urbanization

Megacities

steps:steps:1.Trade abroad (territory discovery, new resources, etc.)2.Free trade (Great Britain, XIX)3.Colony division4.Informational Communications (Telegraph – internet)

What is going on???

The trade activity

Urbanization

• 3.3 billion people live in cities.• 60% will live in cities by 2030. • Almost 180,000 people move into cities each day.• 60 million people move into cities each year in developing countries. • Over the next 15 to 20 years, many cities in Africa and Asia will double in size.

By 2015, there will be 23 cities with a population over 10 million, 19 of which will be in developing countries.

Topical problems:

• Lack of housing

• Lack of infrastructure services

• Lack of property rights

• Enviromental (air,water, sound…pollution)

• Social (religion, traditions, unemployment, traffic increasinghuge number of accidents)

Megacities as a result

Cities are growing as people move from the countryside in search of better jobs and living conditions.

Economic characteristicsWorld-wide influencing corporate headquarters of multinational

corporations, international financial institutions, law firms, conglomerants, and stock exchange

Significant financial capacity/output: city/regional GDPStock market indices/market capitalisationFinancial service provision; e.g., banks, accountancyCost of living personal wealth; e.g., number of billionaires

What to do?Infrastructure

development (both in the city and in the village)

Green-certification Economical living Strengthen urban

governance Transform slums into

legitimate communities…

References

http://www.globalization101.org/index.php?file=static&id=7 http://www.feg.org.ua/en/news/foundation_press/60.html http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/2833741 http://www.id4.ru/idea/ekonomika/goroda-millionery/ http://www.essaysprofessors.com/samples/Sociology

/Globalization-and-the-City.html http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Treaty_on_European_Union/Declarations#

Declaration_on_the_Economic_and_Social_Committee http://www.megabook.ru/Article.asp?AID=680860 http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/Infoservice/Broschueren/

Uebersicht_node.html http://www.cnbcmagazine.com/story/eco-nomical-living/1228/1/ http://www.breeam.org/page.jsp?id=23 The course of lectures “Globalization and Regionalization”,

Y.V.Orlovskaya.

Thanks for your attention