Rampant Urbanization is a Global Phenomenon that is taking the world by the storm and hence it becomes imperative to think 'Sustainability' of Cities. This Collection of TED Talks regarding this is quite insightful as it tries to shed some light on the Civic Sense and Civilization Dynamics that cannot be ignored any more.
NO development in itself is bad unless it is integrated into the very objective of it to the core. Ever since the Social Integration gave rise to Professional Networking and GREEN remained to be associated with Currency rather than Nature, the Urbanization changed its face from being mere migration of villagers in search of better livelihood to making most of every resource, including human, to exploit it for increasing our own profitability and rising market share.
Again, increased productivity or structured growth are neither bad traits nor could be overlooked in today's data-driven market competition that has become ruthless long back; however the eternal question that still remains is...
“When the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten and the last stream poisoned, you will realize that you cannot eat money...?”
