The city of Shenzhen, in the Pearl River Delta, is an impressive example of the dazzling growth rate in Chinese cities. In 30 years, Shenzhen grew from a fishermen’s village to a metropolis of 10 million inhabitants, closely connected with Hong Kong and the rest of the PRD. Note that not only green land was urbanized. The city literally expanded into the sea, by building on new reclaimed land.
Read more:
www.vitruvius.com.br/… (Portuguese)
striking! I did something similar to Vegas and Dubai. Take a look!
Vegas
http://urbandemographics.blogspot.com/2010/07/las-vegas-urbanization-1984-2009.html
Dubai
http://urbandemographics.blogspot.com/2010/07/dubai-teste.html
Impressive, especially taking into account that both were built in a desert!
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