Comments on: Shenzhen Land Reclamation

By: David

David — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:17:33 +0000

Definitely a risky business, especially if sea levels continue to rise and with natural disasters / climate change even more so.

Funnily the place I live is called “Coastal City” but there isn’t a coast any more since an extra 1.5km of land has been reclaimed (third red box from left)

By: Marc

Marc — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:30:07 +0000

Do you know the big parking area close to Sea World? Back in 2003 it was water… I was quite amazed to see it again in 2008…

By: Russell

Russell — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:33:42 +0000

Surely this land building can’t be very safe especially as the area is prone to being hit by typhoons, and buildings built on reclaimed land are often some of the worst to be affected by disasters like that, as the land is not as stable. Can the Chinese government really sanction such risky builidings?

By: David

David — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:17:06 +0000

Thanks Yaoyao, yes Rome wasn’t built in a day

In some respects you could compare China to Europe during the industrial revolution when we also made sacrifices in the pursuit of development and money/power.

Some parts of China’s environment are already damaged beyond repair but hopefully people will realise what they are loosing before its too late…

By: yaoyao

yaoyao — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:35:47 +0000

Chinese do blindly seek economic profit in the past.
And unfortunately now also.
But we do realize our faults at present.
Just like Rome was not built in a day.
The changes normally take time.
We all hope things will get better.
And we are gald that more and more foreigners like china than before.
Thanks a lot for coming to china and let us know about our faults clearly.
Really like ur article,Thank you.