This post along with Part 2 which will follow shortly will look to demonstrate the different levels on which the Global recession has had an impact. Looking at individuals, companies, cities, counties and the globe, not only will we look to demonstrate the scales on which the recession has hit, but also to demonstrate how these varying scales are linked together. In this first post we will look to tie together the Global and National scales
So first of all, for any readers outside of the UK, and those who do live here but have been living in a bunker for the last two years or just haven't noticed, here is a short article and attached video from The Telegraph investigating how, 'High streets have been left empty by the recession' , in the UK. The first tie directly coming from the article is the link to global phenomenon that is the internet as a potential cause of the loss of stores; and also something which may have now taken away demand for the high street store in the long run. The internet opens up individuals market options to a whole host of global chains such as Amazon who may have started trends towards internet sales and now more budget sellers such as CDwow among others. So, aside from the crippling global recession, global actors have driven the UK's high street further towards obscurity.
Global Scale
Hopefully this has provided some nice Global-National scale links for you all. But now lets flip the focus round, here is another article taken from The Guardian, 'Recession "threatens UK effort to tackle global warming"' . (Please note that the central theme here is more important in this case than spending too long reading the whole article.)
Bringing the first article again into the equation, here we have global factors impacting upon UK markets, reducing sales and taking them overseas- and as a result the UK's stance on the very global matter (the clues in the name) of Global Warming is in danger of being effected in potentially globally negative ways. Now, if the recession within the UK were infact to prove to have negative impacts upon climate change legislation, then Global influences upon the UK may turn around to have very global results. As such, in this case alone (and there would be many other avenues through which to demonstrate a similar point) we hope to have demonstrated the links between global and national scales in the impacts of the current recession.
In Part 2 which will follow shortly, we will tie this example into local and individual case studies within the UK to hopefully build a full picture of the scales of the recession.
Hopefully this has provided some nice Global-National scale links for you all. But now lets flip the focus round, here is another article taken from The Guardian, 'Recession "threatens UK effort to tackle global warming"' . (Please note that the central theme here is more important in this case than spending too long reading the whole article.)
Bringing the first article again into the equation, here we have global factors impacting upon UK markets, reducing sales and taking them overseas- and as a result the UK's stance on the very global matter (the clues in the name) of Global Warming is in danger of being effected in potentially globally negative ways. Now, if the recession within the UK were infact to prove to have negative impacts upon climate change legislation, then Global influences upon the UK may turn around to have very global results. As such, in this case alone (and there would be many other avenues through which to demonstrate a similar point) we hope to have demonstrated the links between global and national scales in the impacts of the current recession.
In Part 2 which will follow shortly, we will tie this example into local and individual case studies within the UK to hopefully build a full picture of the scales of the recession.
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