Counting the disappearing cities in the world TOP 10

Every city in the world has its own unique charm, but cities don't always exist. Cities will disappear for various reasons, and a city will lose its vitality because of the decline in competitiveness, population decline and excessive use of resources. Let's take a look at TOP 10, a city that is about to disappear in the world.

TOP 1: San Francisco, USA (disappearance reason: earthquake)

According to the research of the University of California, before 2086, there is a 75% chance that San Francisco will encounter a major earthquake of magnitude 7 or above.

TOP2, a city about to disappear in the world: Detroit, USA (disappearance reason: large number of immigrants)

Since 1950, the population of Detroit has decreased 1/3. As the urban unemployment rate exceeds 10%, it is predicted that the population will continue to decrease slowly but steadily until 2030. Detroit may have been unrecognizable 2 100 years ago.

TOP3: Venice, Italy, which is about to disappear in the world (disappearance reason: soil subsidence)

Venice, a water city, has actually been sinking in the past 1000 years, but in recent centuries, the sinking speed has been accelerating, and it has sunk by 24 cm in the past 100 years.

TOP4: Mexico City, Mexico (reasons for disappearance: lack of drinking water and subsidence of soil)

It is estimated that in the past 100 years, parts of Mexico City have dropped by 9 meters. To make matters worse, the water in the soil under the city has shown signs of drying up.

TOP5. World Disappeared City: Naples, Italy (disappearance reason: volcanic eruption)

Mount Vesuvius in the Bay of Naples erupts every 100 years. It destroyed Pompeii that year, and the latest outbreak was in 1944. Once it breaks out, the lives of 4 million residents in Naples will be in danger.

TOP6: Mali Timbuktu, which is about to disappear in the world (disappearance reason: desertification)

Desertification, that is, sand dunes in the desert gradually cover up oases, several cities on the southern edge of the Sahara desert have encountered such threats, among which Timbuktu is the biggest crisis. This city with a history of 1000 years has been partially buried in the sand.

TOP7: Ivanovo, Russia (reason for disappearance: immigration)

This former Soviet textile center has a population of about 448,000. However, since 1990, the female population has surpassed the male population, the birth rate has decreased, the mortality rate has increased, and so on. In addition, young people have been migrating to Moscow not far away, and all modern industries have disappeared in this city.

TOP8: Malé, Maldives (disappearance reason: sea level rise)

Male, located on Male Island among Maldives 1 192 islands, covers an area of 5,798 square kilometers. The average height of Maldives is only higher than sea level 1.5m, and 80% of Maldives is not higher than1m.. If the United Nations accurately calculates the rising speed of the sea surface under global warming, these islands will be swallowed up by the sea one by one in the fastest century.

TOP9: Banjul, Gambia, a city about to disappear in the world (disappearance reason: sea level rise)

The rise of ocean water level is a global phenomenon. For Gambia, a small country in West Africa, Banjul, its capital, is in danger of being eroded or even covered by rising seawater.

TOP 10: Yumen, Gansu, China (disappearance reason: population decrease)

Yumen is the cradle of oil in China and the hometown of Jinxi in Wang Man. More than 60 years ago, during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, the first oil well in China was drilled here. 1955, in order to ensure production and construction, the state established Yumen City in the location of Yumen Oilfield, and the former Yumen County Government also moved here. More than half a century has passed, Yumen's oil resources are on the verge of exhaustion, and this oil-based city is also declining.