I admire your mind a lot. Looking beyond the obvious and unearthing historical drivers of today’s challenges - slavery, insecurity and infrastructural deficits nicely tied together in this piece.
This is a very thoughtful perspective, especially the historical context of how people fled to inaccessible areas due to conflicts, and how that is now a disadvantage in the current geopolitical context. Thanks for taking the time to put this piece together!
Is it wise for governments of these states and cities to accept the unfortunate security reality, then plan for towns expanding into cities immediately.
Alternatively
Could they tackle the security challenges urgently and plan for the urban expansion gradually, (decades of city planning)?
I think your second one is probably the answers. Insecurity also affects urban areas just less so and in a different form. At any rate, the people causing the havoc won't just turn law abiding overnight just because their former victims have fled to cities.
I think it’s different in that the inaccessibility changes how you respond to the security threat. Inaccessibility made people less likely to be enslaved because it was harder to get to you. It now makes people more likely to be preyed on by bandits because the distance means any security response will be too late to arrive.
I admire your mind a lot. Looking beyond the obvious and unearthing historical drivers of today’s challenges - slavery, insecurity and infrastructural deficits nicely tied together in this piece.
This is a very thoughtful perspective, especially the historical context of how people fled to inaccessible areas due to conflicts, and how that is now a disadvantage in the current geopolitical context. Thanks for taking the time to put this piece together!
Very interesting and informative, thank you..
I have a probably silly question,
Is it wise for governments of these states and cities to accept the unfortunate security reality, then plan for towns expanding into cities immediately.
Alternatively
Could they tackle the security challenges urgently and plan for the urban expansion gradually, (decades of city planning)?
I think your second one is probably the answers. Insecurity also affects urban areas just less so and in a different form. At any rate, the people causing the havoc won't just turn law abiding overnight just because their former victims have fled to cities.
This is really insightful and informative…. Thank you!!
Hmmm. Isn't the banditry and insecurity basically similar to the slave raiding in terms of insecurity?
The inaccesibility that was an advantage in those times no longer works today?
I think it’s different in that the inaccessibility changes how you respond to the security threat. Inaccessibility made people less likely to be enslaved because it was harder to get to you. It now makes people more likely to be preyed on by bandits because the distance means any security response will be too late to arrive.
Precisely.