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Cities are home of the ‘amplified man’, an unprecedented amalgam of biology and technology, transcending his biological ancestors. Beyond their boundaries, cities profoundly affect traditional rural economies and their often complex cultural adaptation to biological diversity.. As better roads are built, and access to urban products is assured, rural people increasingly abandon their own indigenous cultures, which have usually been derived from a highly developed understanding of their local environment. Under the impact of cities, rural people tend to acquire urban standards of living and the mind-set to go with these.

- Excerpt From: Creating Sustainable Cities, by Herbert Girardet