Comment by kaycebasques
8 years ago
> “Cities are supposed to impoverish the regions directly around them in this way, as well.”
Where’d you hear that?
8 years ago
> “Cities are supposed to impoverish the regions directly around them in this way, as well.”
Where’d you hear that?
Where’d you hear that?
I read it in an Indian social geography paper while writing an undergraduate Geography "101" paper. (The course number was actually 1)
The Indian model is very different: cities create large "suburban" slums and poor villages around them. Not because of resources, but because of overpopulation.