The mystery of the lost city of Atlantis is an island that is thought to have mysteriously sank in a night and a day‚ but nobody really knows where it is located and how it disappeared Atlantis is a mysterious island that has been talked about for over 2‚000 years and most people say it is a legend. The Greek philosopher‚ Plato describes Atlantis as a strong and modern kingdom‚ that had mysteriously disappeared. Atlantis was mentioned in two of Plato’s dialogues‚ Timaeus and Critias. Both dialogues
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0.0 Implementation of Sustainable Development Principles in an Infrastructure Investment Case: Rogun HPP A World Bank-funded project in Tajikistan is due to start in 2014. It will comprise a large hydroelectric power station in the mountains and 100km of four-lane carriageway‚ which will extend from the power station to a new retail park. There will also be 100 new apartments next to the retail park. The retail park and apartments will be powered by the electricity from the new power station.
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City life and village life In Certain cases‚ never cross your mind that City life is better than village life. However‚ there are so many advantages and disadvantages in city life and village life‚ also there is a big differ in the lifestyle with a little similarities. Reality‚ city life is more comfortable and civilization. As will as there are aCity Life And Village Life City life and village life In Certain cases‚ never cross your mind that City life is better than village life. However
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Suburban Life VS City Life People always argue which of them is better‚ suburban life or city life. Objectively speaking‚ it’s really hard to make a choice between living in suburbs and in cities. But for my part‚ I prefer living in suburbs to cities. The differences between living in cities and suburbs can be seen in three aspects. Firstly‚ as we all know‚ the most major difference between life in suburbs and in cities is the living environment. Life in suburbs is more peaceful‚ so it’s really
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The discovery of the lost Egyptian city after 1200 years. After 1200 years‚ the long lost Egyptian city Thonis-Heracleion was finally unearthed near Alexandria. Thonis-Heracleion was beginning to become extinct to memory of mankind. The only written evidence of this place was preserved in ancient classic texts and inscriptions found by archaeologists. The existence of this mythical city was confirmed to be true when discovered in the year 2000 by archaeologist Franck Goddio and the European institute
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INFLUENCES OF BARON HAUSSMANN ON CONTEMPORARY CITIES Introduction This essay will focus mainly on the urban design developments of Paris‚ France that were largely influenced by Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann (Fig. 1). It is Haussmann’s extensive design work that encouraged a ‘quantum leap’ in the changes and developments of the urban design characteristics of Paris. “Few town planners anywhere in the world have had as great an impact on the city of their birth as did Baron Georges-Eugene
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advantages of living in a big city. Since I had been living in big cities for a long time‚ I was deeply impressed by the convenience of living in big cities. When I was in China‚ I lived in Shanghai. Shanghai is a large city‚ and it is the biggest financial center in China. There are high-rise buildings and shopping malls everywhere. However‚ at that time‚ I felt nothing special‚ but very normal. When I came here‚ I realized that there were three advantages of living in a big city: strong public transportation
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Life versus City Life Have you ever wondered how people live in ithe country versus how people live in the city? The country lifestyle and the city lifestyle have a lot of differences‚ so I saw them as work‚. Let me tell about these The first difference is work. Both of them people usually work ‚ but how they work different . To begin with‚ farmers work outside and harvest. Employee of the company work inside and work on machine. Second‚ the country has small markets and the city has big markets
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The Lost City Hydrothermal Field Revisited Characteristics of Lost City never before seen in the marine environment venting temperatures around 40-91 degrees Celsius metal-poor hydrothermal fluids with high concentratons of dissolved hydrogen‚ methane‚ and other low molecular weight hydrocarbons all driven by reactions in the underlying basement of the ocean at temperatures of around 200 degrees Celsius; happening for more than 40‚000 years Fauna and living species Microbiological communities
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Mega Cities Mega cities are large cities‚ with a population of at least 8 million people. The amount of Mega cities are rising‚ due to the fact that for the first time in human history more people live in Urban Areas then rural areas. By 2015 there will be 33 Mega cities and 27 of them are in the developing world. Some examples of Mega cities are : Mexico city‚ Mumbai (India)‚ Bangkok‚ Cairo and manilla. There are many challenges from living in a mega city that is in a developing world. Some of
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