Project Gutenberg 1996-07-01 Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details. 229 Nakashima, Tadashi 1920 中島正 Down with the Cities! "Down with the Cities!" by Tadashi Nakashima is a critical treatise on urbanization and its environmental impact, written in the late 20th century. The book argues that cities are the root causes of pollution and environmental destruction, and to save humanity and the planet, we must dismantle urban centers and return to simpler, rural lifestyles. Nakashima emphasizes the dangers of relentless urban expansion, driven by modernization and consumerism, and he reflects on how this growth damages both the Earth and the social fabric of communities. The opening of the text establishes a foundational argument against cities, portraying them as insatiable machines that consume resources and spew waste. Nakashima illustrates this through a critique of modernization's promises, which he asserts leads to the degradation of nature and the exploitation of rural areas. He outlines the spread of urbanization across different environments, linking it to human greed and societal dysfunction. Through vivid imagery and strong rhetoric, he paints a dire picture of a future where unchecked urban growth threatens human survival and ecological balance, setting the stage for more in-depth discussions throughout the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Urban renewal -- Japan Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Japan HT Text Category: Environmental Issues 318451 2025-10-01T05:52:36.363958 text/html 318272 318273 2025-01-01T06:08:15.820241 2023-10-01T05:42:29.481451 text/html text/html 180528 2025-10-01T05:52:41.698934 application/epub+zip 182974 2025-10-01T05:52:38.063889 application/epub+zip 182974 2025-10-01T05:52:36.997967 application/epub+zip 342283 2025-10-01T05:52:44.494857 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 326911 2025-10-01T05:52:41.040904 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 301339 2022-09-01T06:30:06.050506 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 285663 2025-10-01T05:52:36.057951 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 285270 2012-06-01T16:46:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 103533 2012-06-01T16:47:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 17259 2025-10-01T05:52:44.611910 application/rdf+xml 13110 2025-10-01T05:52:37.483957 image/jpeg 3212 2025-10-01T05:52:37.239894 image/jpeg 178904 2025-10-01T05:52:36.386943 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog