global-culture: architizer: A map showing the mega-city that the Chinese government plans on forming over the next six years. Image (c) the Daily Telegraph.  Read more. Just as a comparison, this megacity would be as big as the fictional “New York - Atlantic City - Philadelphia” megalopolis, or the not less impressive “L.A. - San Diego - Palm Springs” sprawl, or the always lovely “Milan - Torinto - Genova” and just a tiny bit smaller than Switzerland altogether.   The word planning is the key fact. I mean, I think the process of merging all these cities is unstoppable. The diference is the government of China is making this planification, but not from now: Great Leap Forward - Harvard Design School Project on the City
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A map showing the mega-city that the Chinese government plans on forming over the next six years. Image (c) the Daily Telegraph.

 Read more.

Just as a comparison, this megacity would be as big as the fictional “New York - Atlantic City - Philadelphia” megalopolis, or the not less impressive “L.A. - San Diego - Palm Springs” sprawl, or the always lovely “Milan - Torinto - Genova” and just a tiny bit smaller than Switzerland altogether.  

The word planning is the key fact. I mean, I think the process of merging all these cities is unstoppable. The diference is the government of China is making this planification, but not from now: Great Leap Forward - Harvard Design School Project on the City

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Source: architizer.com

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    The word planning is the key fact. I mean, I think the process of merging all these cities is unstoppable. The diference...
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  11. sam reblogged this from utnereader and added:
    I should really start learning Chinese.
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    This news has mostly been covered with a gobsmacked “holy shit would you look at that!” tone, but we should remember...
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  16. ppgsabrina reblogged this from architizer and added:
    this is where my daddy is right now… seems pretty crazy but pretty possible.
  17. global-culture reblogged this from condenasttraveler and added:
    Just as a comparison, this megacity would be as big as the fictional “New York - Atlantic City - Philadelphia”...
  18. divide-by-0 reblogged this from abagond and added:
    Gotta start learning my Mandarin
  19. perdedor reblogged this from utnereader and added:
    Oooooo, time to do research about this.
  20. je-suis-blue reblogged this from architizer and added:
    Over 45 million people in one city…that’s more than in Canada.
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    THIS IS SLIGHTLY HORRIFYING, yet a good sobering reminder...world we knew is rapidly...
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