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The Process of Implosion
Mumford argued that
Contrary to rejecting what was already there, the 'urban revolution' actually brought the earlier elements of the existing culture and increased their efficacy and scope. In this context, revolution does not mean discarding what was there earlier.
The emergence of non-agricultural occupations, heightened the demand for food and probably caused villages to multiply, where more land was brought under cultivation.
Mumford uses the term implosion to describe the process where the diverse elements of the community hitherto scattered were mobilized and packed together under pressure, behind the massive walls of the city.
More urban centres meant that there was more population who did not produce food. The city was not a revolution but built on something that was already present.
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