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An Informational Presentation About A Few Modern Abandoned Cities of The World.

ABANDONED CITIES

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PURPOSE

Main Theme Behind this presentation is to provide Information about some of the Modern Ab

Cities of The World.

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PRESENTATION LAYOUT

1. 2008 - City Of Beichuan China 50,000 Peoples

2. 1986 - Prypiat Ukraine 44,000 Peoples

3. 1961 - Humberstone & Santa Laura Chile 12,000 Homes

4. 2005 - Detroit, Michigan USA 2 Million People

5. 1974 - Hashima Island Japan 5,295 Peoples

6. 1982 - Centralia, Pennsylvania USA 3,000 Peoples

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CITY OF BEICHUAN - MAY 2008

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CITY OF BEICHUAN (50,000 PEOPLES)

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PRYPIAT - APRIL 1986

Reacto

Thousa

18 Mile

Evacua

Importan

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PRYPIAT (44,000 PEOPLES) - UKRAINE

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HUMBERSTONE & SANTA LAURA (12,000 HOUS

Founded In 1862Center.

Nitrates Used in

1930, Decline In

30 Years for Com

1971 Govt. Decla

2005 UNESCO D

World heritage.

Important Events

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HUMBERSTONE & SANTA LAURA1961

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DETROIT, MICHIGAN2005

MotorCity,

192019

1970s & 1

1970s to

Vandalism

Fires.

Important E

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DETROIT, MICHIGAN2005

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HASHIMA ISLAND (5259 PEOPLES)

18 Acre Piece of Land

Coal Deposits that De

Floor beneath.

1890Purchased by

18 Miles from The Coa

835 People Per 2.5 Ac

1974 Alternative Sourc

April 1974Closure o

Important Events

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HASHIMA ISLAND - 1974

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CENTRALIA, PENNSYLVANIA (3,000 PEOPLES

1866, Establishment.

City On top of Coal Depo

1962Anthracite Veins.

Trenches, Burning coal M

1981150 Feet Deep S

Poisonous Carbon Mono

198220 Years of Burni

Important Events

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CENTRALIA, PENNSYLVANIA - 1982

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A destruction, an annihilation that only man c

provoke, only man can prevent.

lie iesel

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SOURCES

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Brown, Kevin. Post-bowl Detroit improved, but nowhere near super. University of Michigan -Dearborn. April 10, 2006.http://www.ur.umich.edu/0506/Apr10_06/15.shtml

Burke-Gaffney, Brian. Hashima: The ghost island. Cabinet Magazine. Summer 2002. http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issue

Chafets, Zeev. The tragedy of Detroit. New York Times. July 29, 1990.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CEFDD1E38F93AA15754C0A966958260

Currie, Tyler. Zip code 00000. Washington Post. April 2, 2003. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp -dyn/content/article/2003/04/02/AR2005033108150_pf.html

DeKok, David. The Centralia Mine Fire. Centralia Mine Fire.com. http://www.centraliaminefire.com/

Harris, Paul. How the U.S. fell out of love with its cars. The Guardian. January 26, 2006.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/jan/29/usa.paulharris

Hawley, Charles. The aftermath of Chernobyl: A visit to the exclusion zone. Speigel. April 18, 2006.http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,411285,00.html

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