But what makes a city unsustainable? Of course urban growth is consumptive of resources, but all of production is consumptive of resources. It's reproduction that's key, the ability of the social organization to not only sustain but expand and satisfy human needs.
Now if somebody want to argue that size alone, not class organization, but simply size is a damning factor-- go right ahead, but that's Malthus not Marx. dms ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Perelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 9:46 PM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Abolition of the antithesis between town and country > You might want to look at Grey Brechin's Imperial San Francisco -- a good > study about how urban growth is very consumptive of the resources of the > surrounding areas. On the other hand, cities appear as the source of > creativity. Both sides have some truth -- moreso, the first. I guess > that is the way dialectics work. > > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA 95929 > > Tel. 530-898-5321 > E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
