Abandoned Cities

Abandoned cities

Mari Soone

10.a

2010

Contents

• I promise you- no beutiful buildings, but feeling proud of living in Kadrina!

• "If you don't feel comfortable owning something for 10 years, then don't own it for 10 minutes."(Warren Buffett)

The Kowloon Walled city

• Urban area, Hong Kong• World War II, demolished (Japan)• 1993- British, Chinese authorities,

anarchic city• brothels, casinos, cocaine parlors, secret

factories• Population- fluctuates between zero - 33,

000 (1987)• Out-of-control

Demolish- lammutama, Flourish- õitsema, Fluctuate- kõikuma

Kolmanskop

• Laderitz, Namibia, Southern Africa

• Diamond mining town

• Abandoned in 1956- diamond demand declined

• Windswept sand in buildings

• Only residents birds, hyenas, other animals

Humberstone

• Chile, South America

• 1920- blooming, mining and processing nitrate (saltpeter)

• Synthetic saltpeter was invented, slow outpouring of residents

• Abandoned- 1961

• World Heritage Site, preserved as a historical monument.

Preserve- säilitama, Nitrate- nitraat (NO3)

Witternoom

• Australia• Once 20,000 people- mining heyday• The asbestos mining town • Health risks of asbestos became clear in the 60s• 1,000 residents died of asbestos-related

illnesses. • Littered with the blue fibers of asbestos• Abandoned- 60s• Population- 8 residents

Heyday- kõrgpunkt

Ruby

• Arizona• Ghost town• Access, when helping in the restoration effort• Mining camp- producing copper, lead and zinc• Mid 30s- population reached 1,200 • Mine closed, population diminished • Abandoned- 50s

Copper- vask (Cu), Lead- Plii (Bb), Diminish- vähenema

Agdam

• Azerbaijan

• Once 150,000 people

• 1993 - the Nagorno Karabakh war-occupied by Armenians.

• Buildings empty, destroyed

• Only the graffiti-covered mosque remaining intact

Intact- puutumatu, vigastamata,

Used materials

• http://weburbanist.com/2008/07/06/20-abandoned-cities-and-towns/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/

• http://images.google.ee/images/