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Activities

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  1. What is the advantage of the Rhine river from the perspective of the development of Düsseldorf?
  2. What does the growing industrialization mean for Düsseldorf?
  3. Where do the workers come from? What does it mean in terms of living together?
  4. Compare Düsseldorf to other industrial regions in Germany and Europe.

Answers

  1. Accessibility and access to raw materials and the market.
  2. Self-sufficiency of the city, product sales: regionally, nationally and internationally.
  3. The workers come from different regions: Poland, Silesia etc. Migration leads to the internationalization of the region and in times of economic crises to conflicts.
  4. The development of Düsseldorf as an important city in the Rhein-Ruhr Region is similar to other regions, e.g. Manchester – Liverpool.