Henry J. Fletcher " Migration to the Cities," Annals of American History.
[Accessed February 1, 2010].
Monday, February 1, 2010
City Migration and Urban Growth
The migration to the cities did not necsessarily overpopulate the cities and towns, but increased the population in such a way so that the area of the cities expanded, and became larger. Henry J. Fletcher had described annlyized the growth of cities and the loss in population of small towns by saying, "It may be declared to be the general rule that, wherever the land is fully occupied, all the people not actually needed to cultivate the soil are being drawn into the towns, while the productive industries of the towns, together with those identified with them, are being transferred to the largest cities. For a certain number of years the country steadily grew more and more densely populated; this process came to a standstill, and now the tide is running swiftly in the opposite direction." He emphisized the idea in "Migration to the Cities" of the suburbs being developed because of the factories that exisited in the outer reggions of cities were able to become closer to the cities because of the increasingly dense population. Fletcher's anlyization mostly described the esrtablishment of the suburbs, but he discussed how the population grew in many American cities.
Henry J. Fletcher " Migration to the Cities," Annals of American History.
[Accessed February 1, 2010].
Henry J. Fletcher " Migration to the Cities," Annals of American History.
[Accessed February 1, 2010].
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Interesting points, but isnt it possible that the rapid growth in the cities can lead to over-populated areas? The population is already past the amount that the world should allow, but due to technology and innovation, we are still growing. Also, the more dense the population, the more population grows with-in that area. So in reality, wouldnt the population eventually grow to the point past capacity?
ReplyDeleteGood quotes from the atricle, but doesnt an icrease of people not over populate an area? Does the economy grow and adjust based on the amount of people in the area? This could definatly be a possibility since populations keep growing everywhere. If this is true how is the economy affected, and how are adaptaions made for over populated areas?
ReplyDeleteI actually forgot to mention the time period in which Henry J. Fletcher had discussed about, so I apologize for my lack of clarity. He was analyzing the population between the late 1800s and early 1900s, so many of the things that he said don't exactly apply to the present time. I feel like we are already overpopulating the world, and so more cities would need to be built out of smaller towns, but we would need to watch out for environmental issues that could occur. Whether the theory of global warming is true or not, America needs to find safer and renewable resources to gain an independence on other countries. If this is successful, then there will be some kind of natural disaster that would kill people to eliminate this potential overpopulation.
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