Binhai, China, 1992-2012. Landsat satellite photograph of Binhai, China. This city is located on the coast of the Bohai Sea Region southeast of Beijin

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Binhai, China, 1992-2012. Landsat satellite photograph of Binhai, China. This city is located on the coast of the Bohai Sea Region southeast of Beijing in China. The right hand image taken in 2012 shows large scale urbanisation compared to the image on the left, taken in 1992. Binhai was transformed in 1990 from a swampy region into a major economic zone. It is currently home to numerous aerospace, oil and chemical, and other manufacturing industries.

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Photo credit: © NASA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: 1992, 2012, 20th, 21st, asia, asian, binhai, century, china, development, earth, economic, geographical, geography, growth, image, industrialisation, observation, satellite, sprawl, urban, urbanisation, urbanization