http://shanghaiist.com/2007/02/08/in_the_immortal.php All comments for In the immortal words of Lil' Jon, 'Get low' en-us 2009 shang_kenneth Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:00:13 +0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss kenneth@shanghaiist.com kenneth@shanghaiist.com 60 http://shanghaiist.com/2007/02/08/in_the_immortal.php#comment-1005975 http://shanghaiist.com/2007/02/08/in_the_immortal.php#comment-1005975 Comments Thu, 08 Feb 2007 12:56:31 +0800 <p>5 meters is really a worst case scenario, but possible if land subsidence is severe enough and polar ice melting is rapid enough. The city could combat sea rise with a combination of pumps and dikes as New Orleans and the Netherlands do. Other sea level cities like New York, Miami, Baltimore, HK, Melbourne, London and Istanbul are hopefully looking at similar solutions. The real estate market will be warped like a black hole due to sea rise. The city could also consider pumping sea water into the ground to slow subsidence, but all of those (empty) office buildings are going to continue to sink. The loss of fresh water is much more severe. Any of those aquifers that are unconfined will be recharged, but seeing as how most of China's surface water and soil is polluted, the recharging water will be very dirty. </p>