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Geography Paper 3 case studies

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Luxottica
Founded in 1961, headquarters in Gordo, Italy
Luxottica
1/2 bill wear their glasses
Ikea
TNC founded in 1943, 420 stores in 52 countries, 27.5 bill euro turnover
Ingvar Kamprad
Founder of IKEA
$12.4 trill
China's GDP
$19.4 trill
USA GDP
1.4 bill
China's population
330 mill
US population
200
China's nuclear warheads
4500
US Nuclear Warheads
400 mill
Escaped poverty in China since 1978
1/4
Number of US owned global companies in the top 500
40% 20%
US share in global personal wealth and population
One for one model 2006
TOM's project to aid in social development, 35 million pairs sold in 70 countries
Restoring Eyesight 2011
TOM's project which uses their eyewear line to help restore over 275,000 people's eyesight
Great Firewall
Over 1 mill internet censored in China, with 5 years in prison for VPN creators
5000 per month
Emigrants from Eritrea
6 mill
Population of Eritrea
1 % 6%
Eritrea: access to internet and access to mobile phones
380 mill tonnes
Plastic production per year (2015)
Deepwater Horizon
2010 oil spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico, largest ever
20,000 containers
Largest shipping containership in 2015
3,500 more sulfur
Low-grade marine fuel
60,000
Number of cardiopulmonary and lung cancers per year due to shipping
2.2 C
Mongolian warming
2x
Peatlands release ... more C02
100,000 deaths
Cardiopulmonary and respiration deaths due to the Southeast Asian Haze
500,000
Number suffered respiratory diseases due to Southeast Asian Haze
39
Carbon footprint of lamb (CO2/kg)
27
Carbon footprint of beef (CO2/kg)
2
Carbon footprint of tofu (CO2/kg)
1972
Greenpeace ended US nuclear testing in Alaska
1983
London Dumping Convention
2010
Nestle to end use of deforestation products
2015
Shell abandons arctic drilling
2016
World's largest marine protected area (Ross Sea)
2018
Samsung to choose 100% renewable by 2020 in USA, Europe and China
COP24
Katowice, Poland
1961
Foundation of amnesty international, acts in 159 countries, 7 mill people.
Waze
community traffic mapping based on crowdsourcing
Nextdoor
neighbourhood security app in California based on crowdsourcing
2064
54 countries to introduce E-passports in the world
40 mill
Modern Slaves (71% women, 25% children, 1/2 forced labour)
2500
BMW Mini suppliers
Foxconn
Apple iphone outsources construction to Foxconn in Taiwan, 200 suppliers then supply parts, second tier supplier Wintek (China) for screens
Fender Musical Instruments
TNC with two different production lines, one in the US (specialized) one in Mexico (mass production), example of offshoring
1994
NAFTA formed
28 countries
Members of the EU, cohesive economic and political block
Schengen Area
26 european countries agreement on free movement of people
COMESA
East Africa, 19 member states, cooperation on development of national and human resources 520 mill people, global trade in good $ 235 bill
ASEAN
Asian Free Trade Agreement
APEC
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, 21 countries
15.6 mill
Indians living overseas (6% of international migrants)
3.5 mill
Indians in the UAE
$70 bill
Indian remittances in 2015
14%
French Front National gained this proportion of the votes, anti-globalization
2001
Nine-eleven
2011
Arab Spring, intervention in Iraq by USA
Victor Chavez
nationalization of industry in Venezuela, seized BP and EXON Mobil oil, causing average of 23% inflation
1972
Beginning of Southeast asian Haze
25%
2016 Trump's 25% tariffs on steel and iron
KOF index
Measures the level of globalisation of 122 countries. Uses 3 factors; economic (38%); social (39%); and political (23%).
VSIP
Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park founded in 1996, 27,000 employees, exports 38$ mill. GDP x 6 in 6 years, 1992-2000, GDP growth 8-10%
Qatar
Highest capita in the world ($100,000 USD)
500 mill
Counterfeit goods value (2.5%)
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