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| rdfs:label | - Land reclamation
- Land Reclamation
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| rdfs:comment | - Humanity has evolved to the point that it can now alter Earth's geography. Less ambitious than terraforming but of greater short-term significance is land reclamation - the process of gaining land area from what was once marsh or water. In future land reclamation will become more common, as property costs continue to climb due to increased demand and constant supply. As Mark Twain said: "Buy land. They don't make it any more." Mark Twain was wrong. Land reclamation does just that -- it creates land where there was not land before. Four categories of land reclamation:
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| abstract | - Humanity has evolved to the point that it can now alter Earth's geography. Less ambitious than terraforming but of greater short-term significance is land reclamation - the process of gaining land area from what was once marsh or water. In future land reclamation will become more common, as property costs continue to climb due to increased demand and constant supply. As Mark Twain said: "Buy land. They don't make it any more." Mark Twain was wrong. Land reclamation does just that -- it creates land where there was not land before. Four categories of land reclamation:
* Draining of marshes.
* Building of artificial islands.
* Floating pontoons built out over water.
* Housing built on stilts above water. Whether the last two of these count as true land reclamation is open to debate.
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