Globalization To make worldwide in focus The world is getting smaller and everything is interconnected (especially economic activity)

Globalization can Cause Problems Many contradictions in US –Inner cities Have lost tax revenues Unable to adequately fund schools, public housing, and social services Many people must live in overfilled rat infested apartment houses –Smaller cities have been spared some of the worst problems –Some establishments and businesses have not moved to the suburbs

Revitalizing the downtown Why would we want to do this?

Suburbia –Converts land from rural to urban use –Affects many people –Reveals living patterns –Helps with models and layouts 50% of Americans see themselves of living in the suburbs

Urbanization and Environment Our Urbanizing World Possible detrimental planetary impacts –Hazards of site –Loss of land from expansion –Changed land cover –Impact of pollution –Production of waste (in the developing world) –Larger demand for water –Changing consumption habits

The Changing Scope of Cultural Interaction All cultures have been affected –No culture exists in isolation –All cultures are dynamic –Today’s fast paced diffusion… Things change Fast

Impacts of the Globalization of Culture Globalization –The influence of television –Economic and cultural globalization links

Local The definition is changing Things we only saw in one place are now worldwide Diversity is lost Personal connection to a location is lost

Loss of local distinctiveness Can represent a challenge to cultural forms and behaviors with a high degree of symbolic importance Accelerate human alteration of the environment We change it more often –“Minorities” often feel culture forced on them Impacts of resistance –Widespread resistance (don’t want to change) –Limited impacts –Cultural & landscape hybridity

Any changes we make has a long term effect Arizona has land issues and water issues.