Hudson River Blog

Created by a sophomore seminar at Hamilton College, this blog considers the past, present, and future of the Hudson River, once described by Robert Boyle as "the most beautiful, messed up, productive, ignored, and surprising piece of water on the face of the earth."

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Island Building

Here is a link to an article describing the creation of resort islands in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates. I ran across these massive projects in a national geographic a while back and thought the concept would do well to put in perspective the replication of a project such as the erie canal.


http://www.findaproperty.com/displaystory.aspx?edid=00&salerent=0&storyid=2707

Here's a better picture: http://realestate.theemiratesnetwork.com/developments/dubai/images/palm_jebel_ali.jpg

posted by MattFell @ 8:57 PM 

1 Comments:

Blogger Jen said...

Unlike the Erie Canal, which sought to improve the United States economy in terms of commerce, this project in Dubai seeks to improve the UAE economy in terms of tourism. It is interesting (and a bit disturbing) to see the changes in economic pursuits over time and place.

3:45 PM  

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