Monday, June 29, 2009

A Picture Is Worth... (Literally) Unsustainably Developed Apartment Building



Photo: Reuters, from Mail OnlineThis is a very unsettling and sad example of development gone terribly wrong. A newly built 13-storey apartment building has fallen and one person is dead; it was fortunate that noone was living inside these new flats by a river in Shanghai.Shoddy construction and the use of sub-standard materials is a concern in China's construction sector as the country scrambles to build out cities and finish massive infrastructure projects to keep pace with fast econ...

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