‘…There are only two ways to keep people out of any space – prices and policing. In other words, the prices will automatically be higher in such cities – the notion that they will be low cost is flawed. Even if possible from a cost provision perspective, they cannot be low cost from a demand supply perspective.
Even with high prices, the conventional laws in India will not enable us to exclude millions of poor Indians from enjoying the privileges of such great infrastructure. Hence the police will need to physically exclude people from such cities, and they will need a different set of laws from those operating in the rest of India for them to be able to do so. Creating special enclaves is the only method of doing so….’
via Smart cities or cleverly-disguised corporate colonies? – Intellectual Anarchy!.
Tag: Globalism
Building Just and Open Societies using the Internet
‘Sixty percent of the world’s population, or more than four billion people, have little or no internet access…’
via The Role of the Internet in Building Just and Open Societies | Open Society Foundations (OSF).
I know nothing about China’s Pearl River Delta
China’s Pearl River Delta has overtaken Tokyo to become the world’s largest urban area in both size and population, according to a report from the World Bank. The megacity – which covers a significant part of China’s manufacturing heartland and includes the cities of Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Foshan and Dongguan – is now home to more people than the countries of Canada, Argentina or Australia.
via China’s Pearl River Delta overtakes Tokyo as world’s largest megacity | Cities | The Guardian.