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Jnana · 11-10-2009, 12:56 PM

I googled "human-enhanced environmental catastrophes".

Guess which site came up first?

http://edro.wordpress.com/collapsing-cities/

Nothing blocked about it.

I don't see how these predictions are in any way useful. Nor do I think there is any validity to the notion that cities will "collapse", whatever they mean by that term, on a one by one basis. A city can take a pretty hard hit, such as the earthquake in Kobe, Japan, and still make it if the rest of the country is there to help. If there is a more general collapse of civilization, then all cities are in trouble because the ratio of population to resources is not favorable.

11-10-2009, 12:56 PM	#6
Jnana Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 653	Re: The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities I googled "human-enhanced environmental catastrophes". Guess which site came up first? http://edro.wordpress.com/collapsing-cities/ Nothing blocked about it. I don't see how these predictions are in any way useful. Nor do I think there is any validity to the notion that cities will "collapse", whatever they mean by that term, on a one by one basis. A city can take a pretty hard hit, such as the earthquake in Kobe, Japan, and still make it if the rest of the country is there to help. If there is a more general collapse of civilization, then all cities are in trouble because the ratio of population to resources is not favorable.