Sudan unveils plan for animal-shaped cities
Aug 19, 2010 13:57:07 GMT
Post by ilbonito on Aug 19, 2010 13:57:07 GMT
A city shaped like a giraffe? A rhino-shaped town? Even one that looks from above like a pineapple?
A proposed map of Juba in the shape of an rhino is presented, Wednesday, Aug 18, 2010, in Juba,...
Southern Sudan has unveiled ambitious plans to remake its capital cities in the shapes found on their state flags, and an official says the government is talking with investors to raise the $10 billion the fanciful communities would cost.
The plan in the war-torn region comes ahead of a scheduled January referendum on independence, which most people here believe will lead to the creation of the world's newest country. The south is rich in oil, but poverty and hunger is high throughout the region, which is struggling to recover after a civil war more than two decades long.
The $10 billion concept will take decades to carry out, officials concede, though it may never escape the planning stages. The southern government's own 2010 budget was only $1.9 billion, and the U.N. says more than 90 percent of Southern Sudan's population lives on less than $1 a day.
Source: abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=11426305
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/19/2987225.htm
A proposed map of Juba in the shape of an rhino is presented, Wednesday, Aug 18, 2010, in Juba,...
Southern Sudan has unveiled ambitious plans to remake its capital cities in the shapes found on their state flags, and an official says the government is talking with investors to raise the $10 billion the fanciful communities would cost.
The plan in the war-torn region comes ahead of a scheduled January referendum on independence, which most people here believe will lead to the creation of the world's newest country. The south is rich in oil, but poverty and hunger is high throughout the region, which is struggling to recover after a civil war more than two decades long.
The $10 billion concept will take decades to carry out, officials concede, though it may never escape the planning stages. The southern government's own 2010 budget was only $1.9 billion, and the U.N. says more than 90 percent of Southern Sudan's population lives on less than $1 a day.
Source: abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=11426305
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/19/2987225.htm
