Land Reclamation

Notable examples in the West include large routines of the Nether reposes, parts of New Orleans(which is part built on land that was once swamp) much of San Franciscos waterfront has been reclaimed from the San Francisco request Mexico City(which is situated at the former site of Lake Texcoco) Helsinki (of which the major part of the city center is built on reclaimed land) the Cape Townforeshore the dinero shoreline the Manila Bay shoreline Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts Battery Park City, Manhattan closeness State Park, Jersey City the port of Zeebrugge in Belgium the southwestern residential bea in Brest, Belarus, the polders of the Netherlands and the Toronto Islands, Leslie Street Spit, and the waterfront in Toronto.In the Far East, Japan, the southern Chinese cities of Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Macau, the Philippine capitalManila, and the city-state of Singapore, where land is in short supply, are also renowned for their efforts on land reclamation. One of the earliest and famous project was the Praya renewal Scheme, which added 50 to 60 acres (240,000 m2) of land in 1890 during the second physique of construction. It was one of the most ambitious projects ever taken during the Colonial Hong Kong era. 1 most 20% of land in the Tokyo Bay area has been reclaimed.Monaco and the British territory of Gibraltar are also expanding due to land reclamation. The city of Rio de Janeiro was largely built on reclaimed land. Artificial islands are an example of land reclamation. Creating an artificial island is an expensive and risky undertaking. It is often considered in places that are dumbly populated and flat land is scarce. Kansai International airdrome (in Osaka) and Hong Kong International Airport are examples where this process was deemed necessary. The Palm Islands, The World and hotel Burj al-Arab offDubai in the United Arab Emirates are other examples of artificial islands.