abandoned cities
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Abandoned cities
Mari Soone
10.a
2010
Contents
• I promise you- no beutiful buildings, but feeling proud of living in Kadrina!
• "If you don't feel comfortable owning something for 10 years, then don't own it for 10 minutes."(Warren Buffett)
The Kowloon Walled city
• Urban area, Hong Kong• World War II, demolished (Japan)• 1993- British, Chinese authorities,
anarchic city• brothels, casinos, cocaine parlors, secret
factories• Population- fluctuates between zero - 33,
000 (1987)• Out-of-control
Demolish- lammutama, Flourish- õitsema, Fluctuate- kõikuma
Kolmanskop
• Laderitz, Namibia, Southern Africa
• Diamond mining town
• Abandoned in 1956- diamond demand declined
• Windswept sand in buildings
• Only residents birds, hyenas, other animals
Humberstone
• Chile, South America
• 1920- blooming, mining and processing nitrate (saltpeter)
• Synthetic saltpeter was invented, slow outpouring of residents
• Abandoned- 1961
• World Heritage Site, preserved as a historical monument.
Preserve- säilitama, Nitrate- nitraat (NO3)
Witternoom
• Australia• Once 20,000 people- mining heyday• The asbestos mining town • Health risks of asbestos became clear in the 60s• 1,000 residents died of asbestos-related
illnesses. • Littered with the blue fibers of asbestos• Abandoned- 60s• Population- 8 residents
Heyday- kõrgpunkt
Ruby
• Arizona• Ghost town• Access, when helping in the restoration effort• Mining camp- producing copper, lead and zinc• Mid 30s- population reached 1,200 • Mine closed, population diminished • Abandoned- 50s
Copper- vask (Cu), Lead- Plii (Bb), Diminish- vähenema
Agdam
• Azerbaijan
• Once 150,000 people
• 1993 - the Nagorno Karabakh war-occupied by Armenians.
• Buildings empty, destroyed
• Only the graffiti-covered mosque remaining intact
Intact- puutumatu, vigastamata,
Used materials
• http://weburbanist.com/2008/07/06/20-abandoned-cities-and-towns/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/
• http://images.google.ee/images/