Geography and Globalization
Geography influences the expansion of globalization
By: Rylie Burke
My Claim
What is globalization?
Pros and Cons of Globalization/ Four Categories
Pros: allows people to communicate over distance
Cons: causes social problems, harms environment by polluting
Economic
Pros: causes greed, unbalanced power, war
Cons: provides way of fair trade
Culture
Pros: diversity, brings people together, spreads ideas
Cons: war, racism
Environment
Pros: provides natural resources
Cons: natural disasters, limited supplies
My Product: iPhone
About my Product
Why is the iPhone made in China?
~Natural Resouces
Although these are very important in the iPhone making process, many parts of an iPhone are also imported from other countries. For examples, tin comes from Canada, steel comes from Taiwan, and gold from Congo.
Rare Earth Mine
Locations of China's Rare Earth mines
Rare Earth Metals
~Population
Some of the most populated cities in China are:
Shanghai- 23,000,000 inhabitants
Beijing- 18,079,000 inhabitants
Guangzhou- 12,385,000 inhabitants
Shenzhen- 12, 337,000 inhabitants
Shenzhen holds one of the largest Apple supplier companies.
~Transportation
Shipping Ports: Shanghai's port is far the busiest in China and even the world. Last year, the turnover of Shanghai Shipping Port exceeded 650 million tons. Overall, Chinese ports distribute 5.6 billion tons of goods. This is crucial for the distribution of my product around the world.
Air Transportation: China's air transport represents about 2.2 million tons of freight merchandises. Since the iPhone is a fairly small product, air transport is probably one of the most reliable ways to transport iPhones to the United States.
Railway: Although my product would not be able to be transported to the US by train, it is definitely one of the most important ways to transport goods and people around China. Each year, railroads deliver 1,500 billion tons of goods. This is how iPhones would be transported if they needed to get to another factory, or to people in China.
~Manufacturing
Problems in Globalization Caused by my Product
~Environment
Solution: My solution to this issue is to have Apple create a program that when you upgrade to a new phone you MUST turn in your old one to be reused or disposed of properly. Another solution to this problem is that instead of every six months creating a new iPhone, wait a bit. It will slow down business, but I think it will also help it since these days people are becoming more aware of the harm we are doing to the environment.
~Technological
Solution: To fix this rising issue, Apple should promote more physical activity. Parents and themselves should monitor and have limits on when their child can use electronic devices. By doing this, we can all hopefully become more active physically and socially.
~Economic
Solution: The solution that I came up with to fix this issue is that instead of coming up with small upgrades for the next phones, Apple should wait and do one revolutionary change that will catch the interest of the public. This will probably help Apple's economic issues and sell more of the product
~Cultural
Solution: My solution for Apple is to switch companies or move manufacturing out of China so they do not get a bad reputation and ruin their business. I also think that Chinese workers should keep protesting until they get more money per hour and less extreme working conditions.