ABSTRACT

In this appendix, a few additional remarks are made to outline the principle of a macro spatio-temporal ecological determinism and to place it in a theoretical perspective. This principle is the theoretical backdrop to the empirical findings of this work. It is partially revealed by the relative population and per capita product growth or decline paths of. the world’s largest urban agglomerations, although its full extent goes far beyond the domain of these two variables or the urban focus of the study.