Twentieth Century Design Q1. What was the industrial revolution? When did it occur? How did industrialisation lead to the creation of the design profession? How was the industrial manufacturing of making products new and what role did the designer play in creating new products? The Industrial revolution starting in Britain around 1750‚ was an increase in production brought about by the use of machines and characterised by the use of new energy sources. Wages were high and energy was cheap
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Was Stalin’s push toward Industrialization worth it? Industrialization is‚ of course‚ an essential progression in any modernized country. However‚ Joseph Stalin’s management of industrialization in the USSR has always been a topic of great contention. it was presented by official propaganda as an essential and indispensable step in building the material foundations of socialism. The next important distinction was that Stalin’s industrialization was not based on private enterprise‚ but was totally
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In this report I am going to discuss the social consequences of industrialisation in Britain between 1800- and 1850. I will analyse the trends in population movements from rural settings to the city and discuss their causes. I will also discuss social structures of the time and explain how they were affected by industrialisation. I will analyse wealth in regards to distribution amongst the classes and how they differed. Lastly I will discuss such social conditions as living and working conditions
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How far do you think industrialisation and technology have impacted on the family institution? Technology and industrialisation have a great impact on the family institution to large extents. Technology has contributed to the growth of industries. It is the growth of a society in which a major role is played by manufacturing industry. Technology is affecting quality time. Functionalists believe that industrialisation led to an increase in the nuclear family type. The nuclear family is a type
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Discuss the view that urbanisation in both the developed and the developing world is unsustainable (40marks) Urbanisation is the process in which people move from a rural area to an urban area. Levels of urbanisation are determined by looking at both the population of rural and urban areas. For the first time ever in history more people live in urban areas than in rural areas. This movement shows no sign of stopping with a predicted 1.84% increase in people living in urban areas expected between
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What factors propelled many countries to implement Import Substitution Industrialisation? To what extent did the strategy succeed in helping economies to boost growth rates and to overcome balance of payments constraints? According to Braer‚ ‘import substitution and industrialisation is an attempt by economically less developed countries to break out of the world division of labour. (Braer 1972)‚ This division of labour meant that the developing nations from Latin America‚ Africa and East Asia
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To what extent can the problems of urbanisation be met by a policy of sustainable development? As Allen (2009) has remarked‚ urbanisation is and will be the phenomenon of this century with its ever-increasing impacts on many facets of lives over the world. It can be the root cause of many major problems in the modern societies. This essay will explore the degree to which sustainable development policy can address problems caused by urbanisation. Urbanisation‚ as defined by Afify‚ is a process
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second publishing was on the agricultural revolution_ _The third seminal publication was on growth and fluctuation._ _http://sta.uwi.edu/nlc/2008/documents/Girvan_Lecture_full.pdf_ WHAT IS MEANT BY "INDUSTRIALISATION BY INVITATION" AND DID IT LEAD TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGION? Industrialisation is the process of social and economic change whereby a social group is transferred from a manual labor based structure to a more technologically driven society and where the economy gains much more
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Urbanization and climate change Cities are often blamed for climate change. Sometimes‚ this is on the basis of estimates that seem to have no supporting evidence. This can be seen in the much-cited suggestion that cities account for 80 per cent of all GHG emissions worldwide. Actually‚ only around 35 per cent of the world’s GHG emissions are emitted within city boundaries‚ although city populations account for a higher proportion if emissions are allocated to consumers. In other instances‚ it seems
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The relevance of Arthur Lewis’ “Industrialization by Invitation” Model to Contemporary Caribbean society According to Nassur Mustapha‚ development is defined as‚ ‘the progressive process of human‚ cultural‚ political‚ and economic and social change‚ which shapes people’s lives.’ The southern countries and particularly the Caribbean have been classified as developing countries‚ which are still somewhat dependent on the metropolis’ which once colonized them. It was Sir Arthur Lewis who first formulated
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