[p2p-research] land multipliers

[Ryan Lanham]

These are numbers of the sort I recall having seen before.  Further, the
world is urbanizing extremely rapidly...particularly in developed countries
because jobs are nearly all in cities.  Something strange has recently
happened in the US where wages in the finance industry are now higher in SF
and Boston than NY--never happened before.  So there is some evidence that
the super centers are also vulnerable in some ways.  London just recently
published a population growth forecast I think.  It should substantive
growth in many areas especially to the west of town.

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:17 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Comments on this remark most appreciated:
> http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/other/infrastructure-is-a-land-multiplier-1771
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> For example, at five people per acre, about the maximum possible sustinable
> density for high intensity organic agriculture, Greater London can support
> about 1/4 of its current population. Therefore the “land multiplier” for
> Greater London is 4. (or possibly more if you count the skills of high
> intensity agriculture as infrastructure)
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