I found these amazing pictures via NASA (I subscribe to the newsletter).
They chart the rapid development of Dubai via sattelite images from 2002 to 2010.
I'll shut up and let the pictures do the talking.
By the way it's worth checking NASA's page on this as they have twice the number of pictures that I have uploaded.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/dubai.php?src=eoa-ann
6 comments:
The Palm's branches- sa3af- would be much nicer had they made houses rooftops' tiles green. It'll make the palm branches look green when similar pictures are taken from above.
better still El Shah, make them green roofs.. i.e. with sedum or other types of materials that are architecturally friendly and won't overgrow or get too heavy etc.. the technology is amazing.. just google "green roof"
they will then water the roof from grey water (i.e. used to wash hands etc)
Can you please explain what the differences are? I mean I dont see SUCH a difference where I'd go OH!
sorry, but i think u need to click on the images to really notice the details and changes, alternatively click on the nasa link and find the "view all" button, or watch them in sequence. amazing!
So 'green' green roofs..
I checked it out. It looks nice. But I am not sure if it stands the weather here and won't get burned by the sun. Then you'll have 'ugly brown' roofs
El Shahlab.. the important thing is to think green.. then we can solve all probs.
remember the reason population has always been thin here is because of the lack of water.
now we have desalination
but
we only think of water as a tissue.. use it once and throw it away.
in fact there are many other uses for the same water after us humans are done with it. we just need to put a little bit of effort.
for once, why not use solar panels to heat water? this is completely effortless and means no more water heaters.. assume that no water heaters makes a savings of 5% on your annual water bill.. and your monthly bill is 500 dhs.. that means:
25dhs saved a month
300 dhs saved a year
assuming dubai has 500,000 building units
that gives u
150 million dirhams saving a year.
ok it's much less than how much money a salik gate brings in a month, but hey.. it's a start! and it's sustainable and good for the planet.
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