Return to Rural Communities: Resilience over Efficiency
Blasiak, Robert, (2012). Return to Rural Communities: Resilience over Efficiency. ourworld.unu.edu, n/a-n/a
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Sub-type Website article Author Blasiak, Robert Title Return to Rural Communities: Resilience over Efficiency Appearing in ourworld.unu.edu Publication Date 2012-04-20 Place of Publication Tokyo Publisher United Nations University Start page n/a End page n/a Language eng Abstract If estimates hold true and the global population expands to over 9 billion people by 2050, including over 6 billion urban inhabitants, this means that over two thirds of the world’s population could potentially be based in areas characterised by a lack of resilience. In purely economic terms, cities may represent paragons of efficiency, but the trickles of people leaving for rural areas may reflect some element of a universal human consciousness that resilience rather than efficiency may be the best survival strategy over the long term. UNBIS Thesaurus BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
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