Question

what are the two articles "Resilient cities" and " Ecological footprints and appropriated carrying capacity: What urban economics leaves out" about?

Answer 1

The Article “Resilient Cities” discusses the resilience of the various economies of the world and stresses on the need for the world to be a more resilient place. This article focuses on the various cities of the nations who have been facing various economic, physical or social issues which have led to the poor growth of the development of these cities. “Resilient Cities” discusses how these cities can develop their infrastructure to deal with the physical issues and become resilient to physical problems. Similarly, this article also briefs on how the cities can be resilient to various social issues such as class division, social inequality, caste division, etc. This article also further discusses the economic issues such as poverty, mal-nourishment, under development, financial crisis etc. and the measures as to how the cities can get stronger in these aspects and be resilient to these evils.

The Article “Ecological footprints and appropriated carrying capacity: What urban economics leaves out” discusses the connect between the human beings and the Mother Nature. It depicts how the actions of the people leaves a mark on the ecology or the environment around us. The actions of the people have been largely responsible for the depletion of the natural resources and the ecological balance is being disturbed by this. The main contributors to this pollution are the cities. This article explains in details, how the cities have been the major contributors to the ecological distortions, and that the faster the development of the people is being achieved, the more the ecology is being tempered with. This article explains in detail, what steps can be taken so that ill effects on the ecological balance can be removed and the carrying capacity of the ecology can be extended or increased.