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Tag Archives: groundwater
Michigan’s absurd groundwater giveaway
While the good people of Flint still await safe drinking water following the horrible decision to change the city’s water source, our un-illustrious state leaders appear to be about to commit yet another environmental blunder that further tarnishes their role … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, civics, consumerism, environment, geography, Geology, infrastructure, land use, nature, planning, rivers/watersheds, Science, Statistics, topography
Tagged FLOW, groundwater, water, wells
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CITIES WITH THAT ‘sinking’ FEELING
We all have heard about the perils posed to urban areas by rising sea levels, but less often discussed (until recently) are the potential disasters awaiting those cities that are literally sinking under the weight of themselves. The proper term … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Africa, Asia, cities, civics, climate change, Economy, environment, Europe, geography, Geology, government, health, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, Mining, nature, North America, Oceania, planning, politics, pollution, South America, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, urban planning, visual pollution, writing
Tagged Bangkok, Dhaka, drilling, engineering, environment, extracting, geography, groundwater, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Houston, Jakarta, LA, land use, Manila, mining, nature, New Orleans, Shanghai, sinking cities, subsidence, Tokyo, urban planning, Venice
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