Geography for the IB Diploma Global Interactions

Introduction; Section 1. Measuring Global Interactions: 1. Global participation; 2. Global core and periphery; Section 2. Changing Space: the Shrinking World: 3. Time–space convergence and the reduction in the friction of distance; 4. Extension and density of networks; Section 3. Economic Interactions and Flows: 5. Financial flows; 6. Labour flows; 7. Information flows; Section 4. Environmental Change; 8. Degradation through raw material production; 9. The effects of transnational manufacturing and services; 10. Transboundary pollution; 11. Homogenisation of landscapes; Section 5. Sociolcultural Exchanges; 12. Cultural diffusion: the process; 13. Consumerism and culture; 14. Sociocultural integration; Section 6. Political Outcomes; 15. Loss of sovereignty; 16. Responses; Section 7. Global Interactions at the Local Level: 17. Globalisation and the adoption of globalisation; 18. Local responses to globalisation; 19. Alternatives; Index; Acknowledgements.