As its population begins to shrink, it may even be worthwhile to shut down unviable cities and consolidate. Detroit’s fate should serve as a warning, not only for China, but for the next generation of urbanizing countries (for example, India) as well.
这也是中国为何要做好准备的原因。与其建立更多小型工业城市。中国应当对其现有城市进行重整和升级。随着该国人口开始下降，减少那些生存能力低下城市并进行合并的需要也更加紧迫。底特律的命运应当成为一记警钟，不仅仅是对中国，也是对印度这类下一轮城市化国家。