‘The structures and flows of globalisation are variously embraced, resisted, subverted, and exploited as they make contact with specific places and specific communities. In the process, places and regions are reconstructed rather than effaced.’

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There are basically 2 parts to this research essay

1.
400 words on critically analysing this quote

‘The structures and flows of globalisation are variously embraced, resisted, subverted, and exploited as they make contact with specific places and specific communities. In the process, places and regions are reconstructed rather than effaced.’

(Definition of terms: structures and flows of globalisation
Structures:
-global forces that influence (control) people’s lives on a large scale
-international economic structures of foreign investment and (inter)dependency
-changing relationships between the rural and the urban
Flows:
-entails the movement of entities (people, objects, ideas etc)
-but also that this movement is not simply chaotic or uniform but follows certain patterns

Definition provided to help clarify the instruction.

+Could say that Flows of globalisation caused environmental change (places + communities)
“places and regions are reconstructed rather than effaced” – effects of environmental degradation on physical places.
-the environment has changed and that if we don’t take action it could be effaced.

2.
400 words : Provide an example of places/ regions that’ve been reconstructed by structures and flows of globalisation

(reconstruction of places and regions in terms of human relations and activities)

environment -> reconstructed
communities -> adapt