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3. Global Networks
Why, as places and societies become more interconnected, do
some places show extreme wealth and poverty?
‘Shrinking world’• Internet and Satellite: financial
flows, business decisions.• Falling cost of communication• Containerisation • Cheap air travel, and air
freight• Cross-border road and rail
networks• English: international
language of business• MONEY, GOODS and
PEOPLE move more easily than ever before.
Some places are switched ON
and
some are switched OFF
Global hubs
• Global hubs are switched-on places possessing qualities that make other places want to connect with them.
• In some cases, these are the obvious world cities, e.g. London and Tokyo.
• In other cases, they may possess a particular attribute that others wish to connect with, rather than displaying a full range of connections, e.g. Bangalore.
• Many of the global hubs host the major TNCs. • They tend to be places of increasingly diverse culture as
flows of people, finance, trade and ideas converge on them.
Aircraft Departures2006
Territory size shows the distribution of aircraft take-offs, measured
by the aircraft’s territory of registration.
Switched On = WINNERS?
Switched Off = LOSERS?
Q. Suggest why most of Africa is in darkness, switched off from
development.
4 marks
Q. Explain the consequences of this lack of development for people in the poorer parts of
Africa.
4 marks
