Water extraction is sinking nearly half of China’s most populous cities, exacerbated by rapid urban expansion, researchers say. While subsiding land is not a new problem in the country, where Shanghai has sunk three meters over the past century, the amount of land in China resting below sea level could rise from 6% to 26% in the next 100 years. Scientists say the problem will leave 67 million people vulnerable to flooding, compounded by rising sea levels due to climate change. The BBC has more on the study.
This print was also very popular at Cheltenham and Wakefield. We sold five!
Thankfully I recently printed some more although it's already getting to the point where I need to print more.
I try to make a lot of entry level affordable prints because I know that times are tough at the moment. But I might still print that Mousehole print yet!
Very pleased to see my new book ‘The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia’ among the titles recommended by the Working-Class Studies Association!
Kuni A Japanese Vision and Practice for Urban-Rural Reconnection by Tsuyoshi Sekihara & Richard McCarthy
A guide to reviving and revitalizing forgotten places and communities through the Japanese principles of kuni
Kuni offers a unique model for the revitalization of rural and deindustrialized lands and communities—and shares lessons in citizen-led regeneration for all of us, regardless of where we live.
Delighted to announce that The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia is out now! The final blog post in the series about the book tells about its contents.