Shanghai plans to build a vast underground network of malls, restaurants, and parking lots to make up for a lack of space above ground, according to a recent government report.
Drought conditions during most of the 21st century have forced water managers to plan for a day when the region's vast system of DAMS and reservoirs no longer have enough water to store.
These flow features are extensive systems—sometimes hundreds of kilometers in total length—of interconnecting, twisting channels that seem to merge into larger, wider channels.
In addition to their remarkable scope and range, these collections contain a striking visual record of exploration: the impulse to collect the world is reflected in a large and diverse image archive.
In a 2011 USPS case study, the agency emphasized its massive infrastructure as a "unique federal asset" to be called upon in a disaster or terrorist attack.
Studio bosses could also force bad roles on actors, and manipulate every single detail of, stars' images with their mammoth in-house publicity departments.