SOC 1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Megacity, Hypercity, Firmament
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Why does mike davis write that most cities of the global south today more closely resemble. What does davis mean when he writes that: housing is a verb. The earth has urbanized even faster than originally predicted by the club of rome in its notoriously malthusian 1972 report limits of growth (1). The world"s urban labor force has more than doubled since 1980, and the present urban population 3. 2 billion is larger than the total population of the world when john f. If megacities are the brightest stars in the urban firmament, three quarters of the burden of future world population growth will be borne by faintly visible second- tier cities and smaller urban area: places where, as un researchers emphasize, There is little to no planning to accommodate these people or provide them with services . Villages become more like market and xian towns, and country towns and small cities become more like large cities .
