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Permission must be given before people can marry and have children
Free health care, childcare, education and better pensions provided for those who comply with new laws
Boys are more valued than girls and there has been talk of genocide taking place especially of the girls
The population is becoming unbalanced - 110 males for every 100 females
The little emperor syndrome has developed with boys being spoilt
Families can have a second child especially if they have a girl first.
Families who are only children are allowed to have two children
Success? Future of
the policy
Chinas one
child policy
The
Main Facts
Population - 1.3 billion - highest in the world
In 1970 families were asked to limit families to two children
The One child policy became law in 1979
Women must be 25 before they can marry
Permission must be given before people can marry and have children
Free health care, childcare, education and better pensions provided for those who comply with new
laws
Fines for parents who have two or more children
Forced abortions and sterilisation have been reported
What
Changes - The law has now been relaxed and:Families can have a second child especially if they have a girl first.
A second child is permitted if the first one is handicapped
Families who are only children are allowed to have two children
Mexico to USA
Why leave Mexico?
Low standard of living
Lack of skilled, well-paid employment
Few opportunities
Lack of education
Poor quality housing
Poor health service
Why migrate to the USA?
Many opportunities
High standard of living (one of highest
in the world)
Many job opportunities (well-paid jobs)
Education
Excellent health care
Search for the American Dream
Some characteristics of Mexico and
the USA
USA
Mexico
Unemployment
7%
17%
People per
doctor
400
1800
Family income
School
attendance
99%
55%
Satellite image
of the Mexico
California
border
Wetbacks
illegal
immigrants
who cross
from Mexico
to USA
across the Rio
Grande.
Tijuana, Mexico
On a patch of scrap
land you have been
asked to develop a
sustainable
community... What
do you do?
Greenwich
Millenium
Village
(GMV)
Future of GMV can we learn
from it?
Viewpoints
Positives
Negatives
Gatcom
be farm
shop
Leigh
Court
Farm ltd
Long
Ashton
village
market
Since 1997,
Labour have
closed 5,000
Post Offices
across the
country,
including 38 in
Bristol and
South
Gloucestershir
e. That's one
in four post
offices shut
down in Bristol
North West
and
Kingswood.
Clone Town
Shopping
What is Clone
Town Shopping
Clone town is a
global term for a
town where the High
Street or other major
shopping areas are
significantly
dominated by Chain
stores.
Facts
Over the last ten years
small businesss have
been closing down at
the rate of 2000 a year.
Within areas such as
Bristol there are 3
large shopping venues
with over 500 chain
stores that offer
everything a shopper
would need, therefore
smaller businesss tend
E-tailing
Specialist shops are at risk from e-tailing
E-tailing in Bristol
Due to the increase in e-tailing, web design
Examples:
Before
After?