Discussion
Globalization means different things to different people.
There are those who are ‘capitalists’ who see an avenue to streamline product to consumer with little interruption by local/state/federal government.
There are those who are ‘opportunists’, usually found in various levels of government who lower protection so that ‘capitalists’ can prosper. These two groups promote GATS.
Then there are those who are ‘pragmatics’ – like me – who prefer to reduce top heavy government, preferring local government to interface directly with residents; when local government is forced to maintain infrastructure, they are more likely to react to immediate ramifications of development.
Which leads me to population growth.
If a local government authority considers various factors of sustainability (water, waste, etc.), then calculates an infrastructure levy on development – say with carbon credits as a measuring stick that developers must maintain when a development is complete; attainable when energy efficient housing and personal water storage is encouraged – then we are on the way to people factoring into how many humans can ‘survive’ per acre.
As regions embrace this human/acreage ratio, then population will be a highly visible factor.