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Relocation of 330,000 Residents Begins for China’s Water Project Since Three Gorges Dam

Photo via Le Grand Portage China has a water problem. In fact, the only resource constraint standing in the way of their rampant growth is water. There just isn’t enough of it, especially in the north. That’s why the country has been working on a massive water relocation project, diverting water from the south back up to the parched north. It is the largest water man-handling project since Three Gorges, and it will force the relocation of some 330,000 people. The first of… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Relocation of 330,000 Residents Begins for China’s Water Project Since Three Gorges Dam

There’s No Such Thing As Free Parking

Nothing new about this; shopping mall parking in 1958. Library of Virginia. Alex recently asked Can Great Design Redeem the Parking Garage? He was talking about a new parking structure by Herzog and de Meuron on Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road, which is a pedestrian street designed by Morris Lapidus . The late architect was fond of over-the-top glitz and in reaction to Mies Van Der Rohe’s “less… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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