Exploring Aquaculture at Saemangeum Sea Wall

The Pearl-Qatar is a large artificial island built off the coast of Doha, with construction beginning in 2004. Developed during Qatar’s economic expansion fueled by natural gas revenues, the project reclaimed land from the sea to create new coastal space without pushing further into the desert. Built using dredged sand and extensive marine engineering, the island added roughly 4 million square meters of land and about 32 kilometers of new shoreline. It was also a policy milestone: The Pearl beca

In the early 1990s, Jakarta was already crowded, but its urban footprint was still compact. Since then, the city itself has grown mostly upward and inward, adding around 2.5 million people within nearly the same boundaries. High-rise apartments replaced low housing, toll roads stacked over rivers and rail lines, and major projects like TransJakarta BRT, MRT, LRT, expanded ports, airports, and flood control canals reshaped how the city functions. Beyond Jakarta’s borders, growth was far more dram