Activities
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- What is the advantage of the Rhine river from the perspective of the development of Düsseldorf?
- What does the growing industrialization mean for Düsseldorf?
- Where do the workers come from? What does it mean in terms of living together?
- Compare Düsseldorf to other industrial regions in Germany and Europe.
Answers
- Accessibility and access to raw materials and the market.
- Self-sufficiency of the city, product sales: regionally, nationally and internationally.
- 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.
- The development of Düsseldorf as an important city in the Rhein-Ruhr Region is similar to other regions, e.g. Manchester – Liverpool.