Ghost Cities in 2100

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Ghost Cities of 2100
Could some of the world's cities disappear by 2100? It's hard to predict, of course, but factors as diverse as global warming, industrial decay and aging populations mean that even as the global urban population continues to grow, some cities are facing possible extinction. Here's some worst-case scenarios of what could happen.​

 

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Banjul, Gambia
Cause: Rising sea levels and erosion
As sea levels rise around the world, the small West African nation of Gambia may lose its capital, Banjul, entirely. The city is threatened by a combination of erosion and the rising ocean.

 

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Detroit, U.S.A.​

Cause: Population flight
Detroit's population has decreased by more than half since 1950 to about 910,000, according to the U.S. Census, and could continue to shrink slowly but steadily for decades to come;-unemployment inside the city is currently more than 13%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Even if it doesn't disappear, if trends hold, Detroit could be altered beyond recognition by 2100.​

 

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Ivanovo, Russia


Cause: Population flight
A center of textile production during the Soviet era, this district capital to the northeast of Moscow has 448,000 inhabitants and falling. Women outnumber men, the birthrate is dropping and the mortality rate has increased since 1990. Educated young people leave for Moscow, as the city has no modern industry of any kind.

 

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Mexico City, Mexico
Cause: Lack of drinking water and sinking
Mexico City is sinking, though not into the ocean. The city sits on an aquifer, which is also its main source of drinking water. Each time one of its 20 million inhabitants takes a drink of water, the city sinks a tiny bit more. By some estimates, parts of the city have fallen nine meters in the last 100 years. Potentially even worse: The aquifer is thought to be running dry. Although Mexico City is currently growing at a rapid clip, a dwindling water supply on sinking ground could quickly reverse the trend.

 

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Naples, Italy
Cause: Volcanic eruption
Mount Vesuvius, which destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii in A.D. 79, erupts about once every 100 years. It last erupted in 1944. Vesuvius sits on the Gulf of Naples in southern Italy, which is home to more than 4 million people. That includes those in the city of Naples itself, as well as more than half a million people in the "red zone" closest to the mountain--folks certain to die if not evacuated in time.

 

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Timbuktu, Mali

Cause: Desertification
Desertification, in which sand dunes swallow greener land, is a problem in several countries on the southern fringe of the Sahara. One of the cities most threatened is Timbuktu in Mali, a 1,000-year-old settlement that was a major center of Islamic learning during the 15th and 16th centuries. Several projects are under way to try to "re-green" the land with tree plantings and the like, but some parts of the city are already half buried in sand.

 

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Venice, Italy
Cause: Sinking
Italy's city of canals has been sinking for about a millennium, but in the past century the pace has accelerated rapidly. Venice has sunk about 24 centimeters over the last 100 years. The government has an engineering plan to protect it from rising sea levels, but no one really knows if it will work.

 

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[Disturbedone]

Hmmm.... interesting...
Lankawe monawa weida danna neh..?

 

[cj4ever]

2030 venakota colombo yata vena sceane ekakuth kivva neda kavudo

 

[Disturbedone]

Amma sirawata.... mam ehenan Nuwara paththata maru wennan neh

 

[muthukumari]

baya hithenawa

 

[Disturbedone]

baya wenna epa bung... echara kal indida kiyala danneth nahane

 

[chanaka chana]

baya wenna epa bung... echara kal indida kiyala danneth nahane

 

[Suvin1122]

Hmmm.... interesting...
Lankawe monawa weida danna neh..?

ane manda ....2012n okkoma iwara unoth???

 

[Suvin1122]

2030 venakota colombo yata vena sceane ekakuth kivva neda kavudo

kauda???? mama nam ahala na ehema seen ekak...

 

[Michael]

ela ela!! Venice still luks beautifull

 

[sjay]

sihi na machan... good info. n interesting

thanks

 

[shiyan_786]

Thnx for sharing......
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