GEOG 352 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-3: Structural Adjustment, Neoliberalism, Primitive Accumulation Of Capital
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Geog 352 reading notes the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. Epistemology is the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion. At the dawn of the new millennium, humanity is rapidly approaching a significant but insufficiently acknowledged milesto(cid:374)e: (cid:271)y 2007, un de(cid:373)ographer s say, (cid:373)ore tha(cid:374) half the (cid:449)orld(cid:859)s population will live in cities. On a scale that dwarfs previous experience, urban spaces have become cosmopolitan entrep ts through which vast quantities of capital, goods, information, and people flow daily. Contemporary cities, it should be noted, are also the primary sites for natural resource consumption and environmental pollution. The cradles of civilization, cities now lie at the core of a potential ecological crisis. Role as command points in the expansion of capitalist globalization as indispensable bases for the most powerful transnational corporations, finance companies, and information industry firms. New imperialisms have risen even after supposed decolonization.
