Table of Contents

Using this Revision Guide
Rationale
1. Measuring Global Interactions
Global participation
Global core and periphery
2. Changing Space - The Shrinking World
Time-space convergence and reducing the friction of distance
Extensions and the density of networks
3. Economic Interactions and Flows
Financial flows
Labour flows
Information flows
4. Environmental Change
Degradation through raw material production
The effects of transnational manufacturing and services
Transboundary pollution
Skills - A method for memorizing facts for case studies
Homogenization of landscapes
5. Sociocultural Exchanges
Cultural diffusion: the process
Consumerism and culture
Sociocultural integration
Skills - writing a conclusion
6. Political Outcomes
Loss of sovereignty
Responses
7. Global Interactions at the Local Level
Glocalization
Local responses to globalization
Alternatives
Answer Key to Questions

About the Author

Roger Tilley has a degree in Geography and Geology from Bristol University and has taught Geography, at A-level for over 22 years and at IB level for over 10 years, in the UK and Greece. He has been Head of Geography at Campion School, Athens since 1996.