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LAND RECLAMATION - Coggle Diagram
LAND RECLAMATION
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What is that?
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- raising the elevation of waterbed/ low-lying ground
- artificial island, connection between two island, coastal
Disadvantage
- destroy marine biodiversity
- river become narrower leads to water drainage problem
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Illegal reclamation
- administrative, civil and criminal liabilities
- the reclaimed land need to be recover, if cannot do so then belongs to country
- using poisonous materials for reclaimation
Purpose
- Increase the useable land
- Increase the bearing capacity of land
- To accomodate more people
- To alter the function of land
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