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Global Disparities
Global Disparities
Where
Bangalore
do earthquakes
– A City of Growth
and volcanoes occur?
Bangalore is the capital of the federal state
Karnataka and is located in central southern
India. Its impressive growth is mainly due to
the location, concentration and boom of the
information technology industry (IT industry).
Effects of Globalisation
M1 Modern Bangalore – IT district
Globalisation has led to the settlement of
many well-known international IT companies.
This development has caused many positive
changes in the city of Bangalore, such as the
construction of business buildings, shopping
malls, and modern apartment blocks. However, a large part of the population still lives
in nearby slums.
M3 Rush hour in Bangalore
Before globalisation enhanced the growth of
the IT industry in Bangalore, the government
of India had already chosen this region as a
location for the electronics industry.
Defense research institutions, as well as government owned companies were the first to
settle in the area. They turned this area into
an ideal location for other related manufacturing industries, such as companies producing car parts, electronic components, and a
variety of precision engineering products.
Problems of growth
The government had not foreseen that this
economic growth, as well as the increase in
population would very soon lead to severe
problems in urban life. As a consequence, the
infrastructure could not cope with the increasing demand for adequate housing and
transportation. The power supply became an
additional problem.
To overcome these problems, the city of Bangalore is making plans for a more attractive
city, based on the positive effects of the IT
industry.
Key terms:
– car parts
– demand
– electronic
components
– infrastructure
– IT industry
M2 Bangalore – land use
– manufacturing
industry
– power supply
– precision
engineering
M4 Bangalore IT exports
Bangalore traffic problems
A few rounds in Bangalore’s city centre
on a motorised rickshaw leaves one’s
shirt darkened with soot and one’s eyes
stinging from exhaust fumes. The evening
rush hour routinely spirals into complete
gridlock with countless thousands of mopeds, jitney buses and cars congesting
the road. The German firm Siemens recently halted its plan to expand in Bangalore and the head of its Indian operations, Jürgen Schubert, says the company
is instead looking to expand in Puna,
Chennai (Madras) or Calcutta. Meanwhile, poor people from the countryside
continue to flood into the city of 6 million looking for work. But all too often,
they wind up in the slums.
Source: Der Spiegel 10/2006 (adapted)
M5 News magazine article
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Tasks
Describe Bangalore’s development as
a centre of the IT industry.
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Make a table showing positive and
negative effects of the growth of the
IT industry. Explain.
3
Comment on the potential future development of Bangalore.
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