Should cities expand into the sea?
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Date: 2020-08-27
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travel
Great video highlighting both sides of the argument! However, I'm slightly disappointed that you didn't mention Japan. Tokyo and Osaka have reclaimed tonnes of land over the industrial and post-industrial eras, and places such as the plains of Okayama are a result of centuries of large-scale land reclamation projects, the earliest starting in the 16th century. Also, I feel you missed out on how the reclaimed land is marketed and used. In Tokyo there is a parcel of reclaimed land named Dream Island, and the reclaimed islands of Tokyo bay (such as Odaiba) are developed in an auto-oriented way, with large roads, sprawling developments and lack of high-level transit.
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Great video highlighting both sides of the argument! However, I'm slightly disappointed that you didn't mention Japan. Tokyo and Osaka have reclaimed tonnes of land over the industrial and post-industrial eras, and places such as the plains of Okayama are a result of centuries of large-scale land reclamation projects, the earliest starting in the 16th century. Also, I feel you missed out on how the reclaimed land is marketed and used. In Tokyo there is a parcel of reclaimed land named Dream Island, and the reclaimed islands of Tokyo bay (such as Odaiba) are developed in an auto-oriented way, with large roads, sprawling developments and lack of high-level transit.
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Krishna
Land reclamation, in my opinion, shouldn't really be done as much in today's world since they have huge implications for the environment. Land reclamation affects reefs and ecosystems in the ocean, and can even cause future erosion, and wetlands, as stated in the video, are a huge problem especially in the United States and Asian nations. Also, reclaimed land should be used properly, you shouldn't manage reclaimed land like Dubai where a lot of the land is just abandoned due to economic complications. Also, fun fact, Mumbai before land reclamation was 4 islands, so most of the city is living on reclaimed land!
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Land reclamation, in my opinion, shouldn't really be done as much in today's world since they have huge implications for the environment. Land reclamation affects reefs and ecosystems in the ocean, and can even cause future erosion, and wetlands, as stated in the video, are a huge problem especially in the United States and Asian nations. Also, reclaimed land should be used properly, you shouldn't manage reclaimed land like Dubai where a lot of the land is just abandoned due to economic complications. Also, fun fact, Mumbai before land reclamation was 4 islands, so most of the city is living on reclaimed land!
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Enmity
Short answer: no
Longer answer: with sea level rise, expanding into the sea is just about the last thing any major city should do. Putting buildings that close to water would just increase the chances of water damage, plus the foundations of the buildings would erode over time. Instead, I feel like it will become more important to move away from the sea, and onto higher ground that is more stable and less prone to flooding
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Short answer: no
Longer answer: with sea level rise, expanding into the sea is just about the last thing any major city should do. Putting buildings that close to water would just increase the chances of water damage, plus the foundations of the buildings would erode over time. Instead, I feel like it will become more important to move away from the sea, and onto higher ground that is more stable and less prone to flooding
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ccc310
It's scary to think that we're slowly running out of land. And we can't get too much more of it by land reclamation because oceans are really deep (4km on average) and it would take literal mountains of soil to fill. Also it looks really ugly compared to the natural coastline. Not to mention that creating new land barely above sea level and filling it with people while the sea is rising isn't the best idea.
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It's scary to think that we're slowly running out of land. And we can't get too much more of it by land reclamation because oceans are really deep (4km on average) and it would take literal mountains of soil to fill. Also it looks really ugly compared to the natural coastline. Not to mention that creating new land barely above sea level and filling it with people while the sea is rising isn't the best idea.
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wweweqws
>talk about land reclamation
>'typically common in Asia'
>Holland be like 'am I a joke to you'
Literally 80% of the projects mentioned here have ties to Dutch companies or engineering since the Dutch have perfected this process for years. Moreover, the option to fill the land isn't necessary if you just build big seawall and accept that reclaimed land is below sealevel.
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>talk about land reclamation
>'typically common in Asia'
>Holland be like 'am I a joke to you'
Literally 80% of the projects mentioned here have ties to Dutch companies or engineering since the Dutch have perfected this process for years. Moreover, the option to fill the land isn't necessary if you just build big seawall and accept that reclaimed land is below sealevel.
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Matthew
Monaco is another good example, they only way they can expand is into the sea(unless they invade France)
What the dutch are doing is similar, but not the same. The dutch mostly drain and wall off land which is different than using tons of sand to build up new land.
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Monaco is another good example, they only way they can expand is into the sea(unless they invade France)
What the dutch are doing is similar, but not the same. The dutch mostly drain and wall off land which is different than using tons of sand to build up new land.
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Alec
Floating city elements (another thing the Dutch have experience with) are a related alternative to land reclamation. Depending on the water depth, they can be cheaper than land reclamation. Also, they needn't completely wipe out marine life underneath them.
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Floating city elements (another thing the Dutch have experience with) are a related alternative to land reclamation. Depending on the water depth, they can be cheaper than land reclamation. Also, they needn't completely wipe out marine life underneath them.
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Jeeto
I dont even know why i clicked this. with global warming and rising sea levels there shouldn't even be new construction near the natural beach, not to mention making new land on the ocean lol
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I dont even know why i clicked this. with global warming and rising sea levels there shouldn't even be new construction near the natural beach, not to mention making new land on the ocean lol
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Cahya
You forgot to mention singapore land reclamation project caused destruction in many indonesian islands. Singapore used much illegal sand that they stole from many islands in indonesia.
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You forgot to mention singapore land reclamation project caused destruction in many indonesian islands. Singapore used much illegal sand that they stole from many islands in indonesia.
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jabekens
Love the content, I learned a lot. But a small pet peeve - zh in Chinese sounds like a j so Zhuhai would sound like Jew, hi. Looking forward to the next video!
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Love the content, I learned a lot. But a small pet peeve - zh in Chinese sounds like a j so Zhuhai would sound like Jew, hi. Looking forward to the next video!
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