Reader response

In article "The Double edge of Globalization", Chanda(2007) declares though globalization

influences environment by causing pollution and deforestation, however it brings economic

growth and urbanization and raises public awareness on longstanding trend. When explaining

the benefits and disadvantages of globalization, author mentions one typical example of

globalization's outcome, which is global warming. Chanda(2007) presents that globalization

results in global warming, but it also helps to deal with global warming problem, which I strongly

agree. In this article, author shows that globalization causes increasing market demands

and rapid industrialization, which causes deforestation and pollution in developing countries

with poor technologies and environment regulations. However due to the globalization, social

media develops quickly and gradually governments and people realize how serious the global

warming is and importance of protecting environment by various types of social media. I believe

the change in my hometown is a good proof for this theory. I do remember when I was young,

the roads were full of giants trucks, which transported construction material, and air quality was

not that good. Also famous leather shoes company 'Senda" and Korean car corporation "Yueda

KIA" have factories in my hometown. However these years, because my hometown is a seaside
city and has some famous historic sites, government focuses on urban beautification including

reducing emission of pollution and sewage purification, which aims to make my hometown

an international scenic spot. So in my opinion, though globalization may do damage to

environment, however globalization finally will lead countries or cities to develop sustainably.