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An in depth summary Cambridge International AS and A Level Geography A2 human geography globilisation, including case stusy notes on transnational cooporations, chinas one belt one road, asias infrastructure investment bank

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Transnational corporations have been the major native language.
force in the process of increasing economic
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regions within MEDCs feel excluded from the
- The international interest in brand-name clothes and shoes, fast food impact on the environment in other nations.
benefits of globalisation.
and branded soft drinks and beers, pop music and major sports stars - The long- range transportation of airborne pollutants is the
has never been greater. most obvious evidence of this process.
- However, cultural transmission is not a one-way process. - The global environmental conferences in Rio de Janeiro
- The popularity of Islam has increased considerably in many Western (1992) and Johannesburg (2002) is evidence that most
countries, as has Asian, Latin American and African cuisine. countries see the scale of the problems as so large that only
coordinated by international action can bring realistic
solutions.
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