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Ten Planning Lessons from Bisbee, AZ

Posted on January 29, 2020 by problogic

Current and former mining towns (as well as all declining post-industrial cities) can learn valuable lessons from Bisbee on how to survive and later begin to reverse the decline after its founding industry falters. Architectural gems from previous eras are … Continue reading →

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An image of human-made Earth acne

Posted on December 4, 2014 by problogic

The image below is a satellite photograph of the Cananea Copper Mine in the northern Mexico state of Sonora. As the old adage states, “a picture says a thousand words.” In this case, most of those  words would be negative. … Continue reading →

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Open-pit cities – scarred urban geography

Posted on December 1, 2013 by problogic

Below is a series of amazing (and in some cases disturbing) aerial images of cities around the world whose destiny is (or has been) at least in part tied to open-pit mining or quarrying. While these mines and quarries may … Continue reading →

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