资源描述：
《Accelerate research on land creation 》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。
1、COMMENTHISTORYWilliamAstbury,MEDICINEAchronicleofDATACitizensciencefromOBITUARYGeraldGuralnik,anotheroverlookedfigureinshiftingattitudestoUSpreviouscenturiesisripeforHiggs-bosonphysicist,theDNA-structurestoryp.32childhoodobesityp.34miningp.35rememberedp.36IMAGINECH
2、INA/CORBISInLanzhou,China,700mountainsarebeinglevelledtocreatemorethan250squarekilometresofflatland.AccelerateresearchonlandcreationChina’scampaigntobulldozemountainstobuildcitiesneedsexpertisetoavertgeoengineeringproblems,warnPeiyueLi,HuiQianandJianhuaWu.3hina’sci
3、tiesareexpandingrapidlymanconvinceshisdisbelievingneighbourkilometresoflandhavebeencreated(see1Casitseconomygrows.Yetlandforthathecandigaway,stonebystone,two‘Movingmountains’).Oneofthelargestpro-developmentisinshortsupply,par-mountainsthatblockthewayfromhishouse.je
4、cts,whichstartedinApril2012inYan’anticularlyinmountainousareas,whereaboutBecausehesucceeds(albeitwiththehelpofintheShaanxiprovince,willdoublethecity’s2one-fifthofthepopulationlives.Inthepastdeities)thefableisoftencited—includingcurrentareabycreating78.5 squarekilom
5、e-3decade,localgovernmentshavebegunbyMao Zedong—toillustratethepoweroftresofflatground.Localofficialsareopti-removingthetopsofmountainstofillinperseverance.Butinourview,Chinashouldmisticthatthesaleorleasingofthenewlandvalleystocreatelandonwhichtobuild.heedthestory’
6、stitle:earth-movingonthiswillgeneratebillionsofrenminbi,whileeas-ThisisreminiscentofanancientChinesescalewithoutscientificsupportisfolly.ingpressuresonagriculturallyorculturallyfable,‘TheFoolishOldManwhoRemovedIncitiessuchasChongqing,Shiyan,valuablelandelsewhere.th
7、eMountains’.Inthetale,a90-year-oldYichang,LanzhouandYan’an,tensofsquareButtheconsequencesofthese5JUNE2014
8、VOL510
9、NATURE
10、29©2014MacmillanPublishersLimited.AllrightsreservedCOMMENTunprecedentedprogrammeshavenotbeenthoughtthrough—environmentally,MOVINGMOUNTAINStechnic
11、allyoreconomically.TherehasbeenTensofsquarekilometresoflandhavebeencreatedbylevellingtoolittlemodellingofthecostsandbenefitshillsinseveralcitiesi
