Products that would be used in calculating the united states gdp include toys manufactured in china at a factory owned by a u. s. company. cars manufactured in tennessee at a factory owned by a japanese automobile company. plastic manufactured in a factory in kentucky and sold to toy manufacturers around the world to make plastic toys. cotton cloth manufactured in india and sold to clothes makers in the united states.

Urban growth invariably feeds increased commercialization and industrialization. it requires continually expanding land areas. when urbanization rates are high, and countries do not have the institutional and managerial capacities or economic wherewithal to manage such rapid growths, they exert intense pressure on the types and nature of the resulting settlements. they contribute to the development of overcrowded slums and shanty towns without adequate essential services and necessary infrastructure.-by asit k. biswas and cecilia tortajada