Open AccessDE-POPULATION AND HILL COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT
Author(s) -
Antony Ward
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand grassland association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-4577
pISSN - 0369-3902
DOI - 10.33584/jnzg.1982.43.1588
Subject(s) - urbanization , civilization , degree (music) , productivity , population , economic geography , geography , economics , economic growth , demography , sociology , archaeology , physics , acoustics
The Ascent of Man T.V. Series traced the evolution of civilisation and clearly established that a necessary ingredient in the process was a degree of specialisation to improve productivity and to permit a degree of urbanisation. This process has continued to the present day, aided by major technological advances in transportation, communications and the expansion of trade.