4A.3B: International and Global Influences
International and global influences have shaped your chosen places. These places can be represented in a variety of different forms, giving contrasting images to that presented more formally and statistically. How the lives of students, and of others are affected by this continuity and change, both real and imagined. (P: increasing roles of TNCs and IGOs)
Reading
International Influences on Reading
- Close to the economic core of the EU, and within the EU single market.
- The EU is easily accessible by air, road (Channel Tunnel) and ferries.
- Global brands like Verizon, Oracle, Microsoft, Cisco, Pepsico and Vodafone have all located in Reading International Business Park.
- Many globally known tourist sites (Windsor Castle, Ascot racecourse) are close by.
Middlesbrough
International Influences on Middlesbrough
- Middlesbrough has received EU economic development funding as a 'Transition Region', but less than areas like Cornwall and Wales.
Global Influences on Middlesbrough
- The global shift of the manufacturing industry has led to factory closures and a loss of jobs.
- Global competition has made its steel and petrochemicals industries less profitable.