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Map: Asia’s infrastructure boom is coming to the cities most threatened by climate change

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Quartz

Publication Date
2017-07-26

As a region, Asia pours an estimated $881 billion each year into infrastructure. Some recent notable works include the roughly 6,000-kilometer (3,700-mile) four-lane highway that connects New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai, which was completed in 2012; and the approved plan for a metro through Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, home to more than 8 million people.

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https://qz.com/1034066/map-asias-infrastructure-boom-is-coming-to-the-cities-most-threatened-by-climate-change/