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1604:. In Alberta and Saskatchewan, most ghost towns were once farming communities that have since died off due to the removal of the railway through the town or the bypass of a highway. The ghost towns in British Columbia were predominantly mining towns and prospecting camps as well as canneries and, in one or two cases, large smelter and pulp mill towns. British Columbia has more ghost towns than any other jurisdiction on the North American continent, with more than 1,500 abandoned or semi-abandoned towns and localities. Among the most notable are
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it was an important partisan base and it was definitively abandoned in the 1980s, when the last family who lived here, left the village.. Two projects have been proposed for the recovery of the village: in 2011 the proposal of
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Sometimes the town might cease to officially exist, but the physical infrastructure remains. For example, the five
Mississippi communities that had to be abandoned to build SSC still have remnants of those communities within the facility itself. These include city streets, now overgrown with forest
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is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it (usually industrial or agricultural) has failed or ended for any reason (e.g. a host ore
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Use of the term "ghost town" varies between individuals, and between cultures. Some writers discount settlements that were abandoned as a result of a natural or human-made disaster or other causes. They restrict the term to settlements that were deserted because they were no longer economically
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European immigrants arrived in Brazil and settled in the cities, which offered jobs, education, and other opportunities that enabled newcomers to enter the middle class. Many also settled in the growing small towns along the expanding railway
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The boom and bust of gold rushes and the mining of other ores has led to a number of ghost towns in both
Australia and New Zealand. Other towns have become abandoned whether due to natural disasters, the weather, or the drowning of valleys to increase the size of lakes.
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in 1985, where the city of Armero was engulfed by lahars, which killed approximately 23,000 people in total. Armero was never rebuilt (its inhabitants being diverted to nearby cities, and thus becoming a ghost town), but still stands today as "holy land", as dictated by
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for use as training grounds for
British and US troops. Although this was intended to be a temporary measure, the residents were never allowed to return, and the villages have been used for military training ever since. Three miles or 5 km southeast of Imber is
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in all the western states, and many eastern and southern states as well. Residents are compelled to leave in search of more productive areas when the resources that had created an employment boom in these towns were eventually exhausted.
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because of the loud noise and potential dangers associated with testing such rockets. Five thinly populated rural
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of 1986, Both cities were evacuated due to dangerous radiation levels within the area. As of today, Pripyat remains completely abandoned, and
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to service a mine site, building all the accommodations, shops and services required, and then remove them once the resource has been extracted. Modular buildings can be used to facilitate the process.
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labour camps to supply necessary services. Since most of these camps were abandoned in the 1950s, the towns were abandoned as well. One such town is located near the former Gulag camp called
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have been forced to flee their homes as a result of the escalating conflict between armed rebels and government troops. Villages accused of supporting the rebels, such as
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The Middle East has many ghost towns and ruins that were created when the shifting of politics or the fall of empires caused capital cities to be socially or economically unviable, such as
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Natural and human-made disasters can create ghost towns. For example, after being flooded more than 30 times since their town was founded in 1845, residents of
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Railroads and roads bypassing or no longer reaching a town can also create a ghost town. This was the case in many of the ghost towns along
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company. A new village was built after the war on a nearby site, and the ruins of the original have been maintained as a memorial. Another example is
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2027:(1917–34). The abandoned settlements have become increasingly dilapidated, and remain uninhabited nowadays except for the Museum curator's family at
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system. Since the 1930s, many rural workers have moved to the big cities. Other ghost towns were created in the aftermath of dinosaur fossil rushes.
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outperformed Collingwood as a regional centre for the livestock-raising industry. The railway reached Winton in 1899, linking it with the rest of
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have undergone heavy depopulation since the early 20th century, leaving a string of ghost towns in areas such as the
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became railroad ghost towns when a rail line failed to materialize. Hundreds of towns were abandoned as the
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Timberline Tailings: Tales of Colorado's Ghost Towns and Mining Camps
3329:"Bulgaria's population is 7.3 million – official 2011 census results"
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China Incorporated: The Politics of a World Where China is Number One
3045:"Riace: The Italian village abandoned by locals, adopted by migrants"
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3359:"Sos Mundo Rural Aragonés alerta de la despoblación de los pueblos"
2863:"Deaths from Bacterial Pneumonia during 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic"
2586:"Sunken towns of the Volga revive memories of Stalinist-era Russia"
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Sometimes a ghost town consists of many abandoned buildings as in
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Examples for ghost towns in Italy include the medieval village of
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after motorists bypassed the latter on the faster moving highways
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4006:(2nd ed.). Athens, OH: Swallow Press/Ohio University Press.
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3304:"A nuclear ghost town in Japan welcomes back residents this week"
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Graves, Philip; Weiler, Stephan; Tynon, Emily (25 January 2010).
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Life at Risk: Biopolitics, Citizenship, and Security in Colombia
2481:"Hambleton, Upper Hambleton, Middle Hambleton, Nether Hambleton"
2308:"Australia, Sociocultural Overviews: Australian Settler Society"
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was abandoned and demolished due to the health hazards posed by
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Many ancient villages were abandoned during construction of the
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flooded the village of Tignes in France, displacing 78 families.
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3361:(in Spanish). Diario de Teruel. 12 March 2013. Archived from
2754:"Ghost village emerges in Spain as drought empties reservoir"
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were also abandoned, mainly due to the inhospitable terrain.
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Ghost Towns of British Columbia". Vancouver: Mitchell Press.
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in the town's children, eventually resulting in a mandatory
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Ghost towns may also occasionally come into being due to an
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Santcross, Nick; Ballard, Sebastian; Baker, Gordon (2001).
3187:"South Sudan 'sends more troops' to strife-torn town Pibor"
3124:. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
2966:"Ghost Towns Are Being Resurrected as Tourist Destinations"
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in New South Wales, Australia, was flooded by a dam of the
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in China, leading to the displacement of many rural people.
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3581:"Roveraia. Un progetto ecosostenibile di tutta eccellenza"
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Poppi 1944 Storia e storie di un paese nella Linea Gotica
2997:. Walhalla Heritage and Development League Inc. 2006–2013
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After many years of drought and dust storms, the town of
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mining camps that prospered in Chile from the end of the
3939:
McIntyre, Tobi; Politis, Paul (September–October 2005).
2682:"The Spectacular Failures and Successes of Massive Dams"
1032:
In Algeria, many cities became hamlets after the end of
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when 642 of its 663 inhabitants were killed by a German
3051:. photographs by Francesco Pistilli. 25 September 2016.
1627:, it is now a year-round provincial museum. In Quebec,
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Some towns become deserted when their populations were
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is the only ghost town that is the capital of a modern
3924:(2nd ed.). Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
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ghost town, while Calico was named the official state
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in the late 1970s, but later it was repopulated as an
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925:, was requisitioned for military exercises during the
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1171:, India is a ghost town. It was destroyed during the
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natural disaster – for example, the Canadian town of
329:. Some ghost towns were founded along railways where
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nuclear and radiation-related accidents and incidents
3078:"Spain's homeless help repopulate rural ghost towns"
2861:
Brundage, John F.; Shanks, G. Dennis (August 2008).
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The forest occupies the territory of the village of
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generating a new economy able to support residents.
877:, but was shut down in 1966 due to health concerns.
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337:, was part of one such series of villages along the
3822:"The ghost towns that were created by the oil rush"
3076:De Santos Pascual, Juan Carlos (30 December 2020).
1482:, a deserted village purpose-built for training in
1178:Many abandoned towns and settlements in the former
309:, now falling into ruin, was a modern tourist area.
865:, whose residents were exposed to a high level of
521:, England, flooded during the construction of the
507:in Rutland, England, which were flooded to create
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1209:became a frequent feature of discourse regarding
164:town can also be abandoned when it is part of an
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2940:"11 Ghost Towns in the U.S. You Can Still Visit"
2223:Thomsen, Clint (2012). "What is a ghost town?".
901:, but over a century of unregulated disposal of
3938:
2762:. Concello de Lobios. Reuters. 12 February 2022
2717:
2559:"Village Destroyed as New Dam Floods Reservoir"
2251:Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Southern Nevada
873:, which was once Australia's largest source of
3777:"Update: Barlow in Mexico (days six to eight)"
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1920:similarly led to several ghost towns (such as
703:, a medieval village in the Italian region of
366:A similar situation occurred in the U.S. when
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3896:"Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works"
2202:. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers. p. 15.
1256:, France, unchanged since the German massacre
644:population exchange between Greece and Turkey
465:, U.S., flooded by up to 70 feet of water by
3799:"Bandidas (2006) - Filming & production"
2147:. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.
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1084:came to power, thousands of citizens of the
913:buyout and evacuation. Contamination due to
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796:. Two decades earlier, the Canadian town of
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3415:"Craco, the Ghost Town jewel of Basilicata"
2991:"Frequently-Asked Questions about Walhalla"
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1847:Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
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4064:
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3632:"Portfolio di architettura by Emma Amidei"
3241:Duttagupta, Samonway (26 September 2016).
3240:
2781:Butterfield, Michelle (18 February 2022).
2724:Pontevedra, Silvia R. (14 December 2012).
2723:
2254:. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub. p. 7.
1968:The derelict British base in Whalers Bay,
1175:and remains uninhabited in the aftermath.
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595:was drowned after the construction of the
459:and reconstructed on nearby higher ground.
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2281:Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy
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1940:, "The Buried Village", destroyed in the
1653:Lists of ghost towns in the United States
1333:In Spain, large zones of the mountainous
1076:, Namibia (2016); a ghost town since 1956
609:and five other villages in the region of
538:in Russia was flooded by the creation of
16:Abandoned settlement with intact features
4968:Regional Planning Association of America
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3606:"Ecomuseo del Pratomagno by Emma Amidei"
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2225:Ghost Towns: Lost Cities of the Old West
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1159:Unoccupied residential complexes in the
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811:were evacuated, including the cities of
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754:, was abandoned due to an uncontainable
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613:, Spain, drowned by the construction of
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355:Ghost towns may be created when land is
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3754:"California State Gold Rush Ghost Town"
3658:"Architecture portfolio by Emma Amidei"
3466:"Sui pendii occidentali del Pratomagno"
3265:
3263:
3136:"Deserted villages and abandoned lives"
3095:Ágoston, Gábor; Masters, Bruce (2009).
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3787:from the original on 30 December 2023.
3774:
3730:"National Register Information System"
3301:
2584:Mandraud, Isabelle (30 January 2015).
2186:
2169:"What Is a Ghost Town? | Wonderopolis"
1602:developed at the behest of the company
630:Nature slowly reclaiming the ruins in
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3843:Augliere, Bethany (20 October 2016).
3517:from the original on 29 January 2021.
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2378:"Underwater Ghost Towns of Tennessee"
2314:(Second ed.). pp. 239–244.
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1885:led to numerous ghost towns (such as
1555:, one of many abandoned buildings in
905:led to groundwater contamination and
455:, U.S., inundated by the creation of
428:Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
292:
228:, onto a more direct path. Mine and
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3735:National Register of Historic Places
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3018:"Ex-mining town embraces ecotourism"
2656:"A Complete Guide to Adaminaby, NSW"
2505:
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2350:Halpern, W. Dyer (24 January 2011).
2295:from the original on 5 January 2024.
2247:
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1743:National Register of Historic Places
1576:has several ghost towns in parts of
1228:, along with several other towns in
374:(SSC), a rocket testing facility in
180:Economic activity shifting elsewhere
151:viable; T. Lindsey Baker, author of
5039:Professional transportation planner
4408:Technical aspects of urban planning
3160:Thompson, Mike (18 December 2008).
3134:Thompson, Mike (15 December 2008).
3101:. Infobase Publishing. p. 33.
2854:
2452:
2283:. Social Science Research Network.
2199:Ghost Towns of the Colorado Rockies
1508:2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption
1112:, and it has remained empty since.
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772:, Ukraine, was abandoned after the
646:and the original French village at
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3775:Barlow, Maude (11 November 2012).
3214:Namibia Handbook: The Travel Guide
3098:Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire
2320:10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.12022-7
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1972:, destroyed by a volcanic eruption
1238:2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
1234:Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
885:, twin communities straddling the
14:
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3832:from the original on 21 May 2023.
3809:from the original on 21 May 2023.
2964:Kirouac, Matt (19 October 2023).
2634:lanacioncostarica.pressreader.com
2375:
1623:; once the largest town north of
1264:Abandoned mining building on the
678:Disasters, actual and anticipated
248:mine operated from 1952 to 1992.
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5893:
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4178:Cities with the most skyscrapers
3966:Ghost Towns of the American West
3851:. American Geosciences Institute
3820:Baraniuk, Chris (15 July 2016).
2654:Elder, Bruce (9 December 2022).
2506:York, Chris (17 November 2018).
1812:
1794:The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1646:
1543:
1364:, the deserted mountain village
955:
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378:(on the Mississippi side of the
5436:Transferable development rights
4991:Environmental impact assessment
4659:Sustainable Development Goal 11
4540:Most populous national capitals
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3902:. UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
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3664:. Emma Amidei. 10 October 2020.
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3162:"Massacre haunts CAR villagers"
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1942:1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera
1893:), as did the hunt for gold in
1096:was burnt to the ground during
911:Environmental Protection Agency
479:, inundated by the creation of
370:acquired land to construct the
5062:Community economic development
4841:Planning and zoning commission
4545:Most populous satellite cities
3983:Wolle, Muriel Sibell (1993) .
3964:Steinhilber, Berthold (2003).
3638:. Emma Amidei. 14 January 2021
3440:"Rappresaglie di San Giustino"
3391:. 14 June 2015. Archived from
3335:. 21 July 2011. Archived from
3302:Pearce, Fred (27 March 2017).
2726:"Memoria de un pueblo ahogado"
2680:Harford, Tim (11 March 2020).
2369:
2343:
2277:"The Economics of Ghost Towns"
2268:
2241:
2216:
2161:
2066:List of ghost towns by country
1669:Many ghost towns or abandoned
1569:Lists of ghost towns in Canada
1469:, and several villages in the
1374:municipality of Loro Ciuffenna
1060:List of ghost towns by country
1038:French colonization of Algeria
469:following construction of the
1:
4535:Most densely populated cities
4002:Wolle, Muriel Sibell (1991).
3968:. New York: Harry N. Abrams.
2834:"Evacuation and Resettlement"
2485:Survey of English Place-Names
2352:"The Lost Village of Kensico"
2124:
1959:
1098:tribal clashes in South Sudan
821:Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
339:Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
271:arrangements over building a
145:
104:Barkerville, British Columbia
5675:Planning Accreditation Board
5034:Transit-oriented development
4996:Recreation resource planning
3529:"Il Progetto delle Funzioni"
2867:Emerging Infectious Diseases
2487:. English Place-Name Society
1787:Another former mining town,
1284:, deserted by urbanization.
871:Wittenoom, Western Australia
621:
372:John C. Stennis Space Center
7:
3699:Ramsey, Bruce (1963–1975).
2875:Centers for Disease Control
2538:Peak District National Park
2429:"The Lost Town of Stiltner"
2038:
1897:(for example, the towns of
1855:UNESCO World Heritage Sites
1473:, were commandeered by the
666:. Armenian forces occupied
376:Hancock County, Mississippi
29:Ghost town (disambiguation)
25:Ghost city (disambiguation)
10:
5977:
5687:Professional organizations
5044:Urban freight distribution
5019:Transportation forecasting
4403:Theories of urban planning
4071:
3918:Baker, T. Lindsay (1991).
3870:Zeiderman, Austin (2009).
3491:Brezi, Alessandro (2018).
3122:The World Factbook – Egypt
2141:Baker, T. Lindsay (2003).
1860:
1739:South Pass City in Wyoming
1709:, or standing ruins as in
1650:
1635:that became obsolete when
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1431:former eastern territories
1410:deserted medieval villages
1205:Although in 2010s Chinese
1057:
672:First Nagorno-Karabakh War
303:Turkish invasion of Cyprus
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5923:List of planning journals
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4892:History of urban planning
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4398:History of urban planning
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4303:Central business district
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3676:"Ecomuseum of Pratomagno"
3561:. Movimento Libero Perseo
3535:. Movimento Libero Perseo
3470:arezzomassacri.weebly.com
2459:The Canadian Encyclopedia
2196:Brown, Robert L. (1990).
2144:More Ghost Towns of Texas
1976:The oldest ghost town in
1695:Interstate highway system
1594:Newfoundland and Labrador
1562:
1396:Ghost village of Roveraia
1243:
1064:
948:Walhalla township in 1910
827:Disease and contamination
710:The Passion of The Christ
5859:Marine spatial planning
5371:Healthy community design
4949:Village design statement
4939:Preservation development
4934:Conservation development
3781:The Council of Canadians
1999:The Antarctic island of
1944:, and the Otago town of
1121:German South-West Africa
1086:Central African Republic
670:in July 1993 during the
5874:Real estate development
5605:List of urban theorists
5101:City Beautiful movement
5029:Rational planning model
5011:Transportation planning
5001:Sustainable development
4649:Million Tree Initiative
3585:L'Evidenziatore del Web
2812:Internet Movie Database
2608:Encyclopedia Britannica
1871:Farina, South Australia
1173:1964 Rameswaram cyclone
1150:
1009:Some ghost towns (e.g.
933:Ghost town repopulation
752:Centralia, Pennsylvania
720:Christ Stopped at Eboli
650:which was destroyed on
599:in the Indian state of
477:Stiltner, West Virginia
253:Collingwood, Queensland
159:Reasons for abandonment
56:Soufrière Hills Volcano
5918:List of planned cities
5854:Landscape architecture
5610:List of urban planners
5332:Conservation community
5169:Collaborative planning
4978:Environmental planning
4886:Comprehensive planning
4634:Ecological engineering
4523:World's largest cities
4495:Cycling infrastructure
4380:Peri-urban agriculture
3061:: CS1 maint: others (
2883:10.3201/eid1408.071313
2630:"La Nacion Costa Rica"
2382:Tennessee State Museum
2306:Peace, Adrian (2015).
1973:
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1673:exist in the American
1666:
1661:Cook Bank building in
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1350:Fabbriche di Careggine
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1182:were established near
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1004:Santiago de Compostela
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259:Australia when nearby
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102:in the United States;
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23:. For other uses, see
5829:Development economics
5680:Real estate education
5640:James Howard Kunstler
5565:Konstantinos Doxiadis
5446:Urban growth boundary
5386:Mixed-use development
5281:Intentional community
4674:Urban forest inequity
4465:Multiple nuclei model
4455:Concentric zone model
4440:Mixed-use development
4308:Most expensive cities
4293:World's cities by GDP
3740:National Park Service
3444:resistenzatoscana.org
2926:Public Health Service
2832:Mould, R. F. (2000).
2660:Australian Geographic
2433:The Wayne County News
2407:National Park Service
2227:. Osprey Publishing.
2007:(operating 1904–64),
1967:
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1853:, have been declared
1758:Vulture City, Arizona
1751:
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1557:Robsart, Saskatchewan
1551:
1506:in Spain. During the
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695:Pattonsburg, Missouri
685:
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497:construction in 1958.
495:Saint Lawrence Seaway
405:
300:
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79:deposit exhausted by
46:
5381:Leapfrog development
5327:Complete Communities
5184:Intelligent urbanism
5111:Garden city movement
5054:Economic development
4986:Environmental design
4664:Sustainable urbanism
4639:Green infrastructure
3921:Ghost Towns of Texas
3555:"Roveraia eco - lab"
2356:Westchester Magazine
2248:Hall, Shawn (2010).
2173:www.wonderopolis.org
1916:In New Zealand, the
1913:mining in the area.
1760:, a gold mining town
1665:, a gold mining town
1639:began to break down
1471:Stanford Battle Area
1230:Fukushima Prefecture
1202:in the early 1990s.
1194:– one example being
573:Construction of the
445:was replaced by the
153:Ghost Towns of Texas
48:Plymouth, Montserrat
5787:Communist countries
5411:Planning Permission
5348:Filtering (housing)
5322:Cluster development
5131:Settlement movement
5116:Indigenous planning
4704:Urban reforestation
4318:Most livable cities
3945:Canadian Geographic
3395:on 29 November 2020
3279:Bloomsbury Academic
3218:Footprint Handbooks
2711:Uttarakhand Tourism
2455:"The Lost Villages"
2118:Yellowcake boomtown
2081:Old field (ecology)
2025:Prince Olav Harbour
1994:Antarctic Peninsula
1774:Southern California
1715:Graysonia, Arkansas
1272:, Raseborg, Finland
735:Catherine Hardwicke
554:Guanacaste Province
523:Ladybower Reservoir
287:real-estate bubbles
52:political territory
5670:Planning education
5630:Elizabeth Farrelly
5474:High-rise urbanism
5312:Affordable housing
4851:World Urbanism Day
4603:Urban homesteading
4528:throughout history
4029:Curtis, Daniel R.
3389:Italy Undiscovered
3339:on 8 February 2013
2924:. Washington, DC:
2604:"Three Gorges Dam"
2461:. Historica Canada
2427:Thompson, Robert.
2086:Phantom settlement
1974:
1883:Victoria gold rush
1881:In Australia, the
1875:
1762:
1741:are listed on the
1667:
1560:
1499:Chernobyl disaster
1398:
1378:province of Arezzo
1290:
1286:Arkhangelsk Oblast
1274:
1258:
1165:
1161:Chenggong District
1078:
1027:Madrina Foundation
986:Walhalla, Victoria
969:Walhalla, Victoria
844:
805:Chernobyl disaster
798:Saint-Jean-Vianney
794:South Nation River
778:
774:Chernobyl disaster
730:The Nativity Story
691:
636:
568:Snowy River Scheme
463:St. Thomas, Nevada
453:Loyston, Tennessee
419:
311:
293:Human intervention
194:
60:
5943:
5942:
5900:Cities portal
5824:Civil engineering
5805:
5804:
5658:
5657:
5487:
5486:
5455:Peri-urbanisation
5275:Planned community
5106:Dark-sky movement
5096:Car-free movement
5070:
5069:
5024:Trip distribution
4960:Regional planning
4913:Urban green space
4881:Land-use planning
4856:Labor market area
4846:Growth management
4821:Metropolitan area
4735:
4734:
4728:Cities portal
4689:Urban heat island
4598:Urban exploration
4470:Linear settlement
4418:Public open space
4253:direct-controlled
4203:Abandoned village
4158:Metropolitan area
3507:978-88-85617-09-4
3288:978-1-350-26724-4
3108:978-1-4381-1025-7
2514:. Huffington Post
2453:Wheeler, Maggie.
2376:Watts, Jennifer.
2234:978-1-78200-107-2
2113:Urban exploration
2051:Abandoned village
1986:Gobernador Bories
1926:West Coast Region
1895:Western Australia
1832:Pope John Paul II
1707:Bodie, California
1427:Charles de Gaulle
1423:Oradour-sur-Glane
1358:province of Lucca
1254:Oradour-sur-Glane
740:Quantum of Solace
648:Oradour-sur-Glane
540:Rybinsk reservoir
487:The Lost Villages
447:Kensico Reservoir
443:Kensico, New York
335:Amboy, California
174:human-made causes
36:Abandoned village
5968:
5931:
5930:
5909:
5908:
5898:
5897:
5896:
5849:Land development
5700:
5699:
5535:Donald Appleyard
5496:
5495:
5246:Mining community
5199:Radical planning
5146:Transition towns
5081:
5080:
4897:Spatial planning
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4762:
4755:
4748:
4739:
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4726:
4725:
4724:
4709:Zero-carbon city
4654:Sustainable city
4608:Unitary urbanism
4578:Urban morphology
4515:Urban population
4485:Bicycle-friendly
4260:Independent city
4235:Urban government
4193:Shrinking cities
4066:
4059:
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2091:Potemkin village
1990:Great Depression
1982:Deception Island
1970:Deception Island
1873:, was abandoned.
1711:Rhyolite, Nevada
1663:Rhyolite, Nevada
1578:British Columbia
1553:Robsart Hospital
1380:, situated near
1305:
1163:, Kunming, China
1134:
1054:Around the world
979:heritage tourism
959:
945:
927:Second World War
786:Lemieux, Ontario
615:Alto Lindoso Dam
547:Three Gorges Dam
505:Middle Hambleton
501:Nether Hambleton
434:Flooding by dams
424:Weston, Illinois
96:Bannack, Montana
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5879:Social sciences
5839:Urban economics
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5618:
5585:Peter Calthorpe
5540:Ebenezer Howard
5501:
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5470:Verticalization
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5194:Market urbanism
5189:Livable streets
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4313:Cheapest cities
4285:Urban economics
4279:
4270:Autonomous city
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4188:Suburbanization
4081:Urban geography
4075:
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4023:Further reading
4020:
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1863:
1827:volcano erupted
1815:
1789:Real de Catorce
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1519:Argyll and Bute
1467:Salisbury Plain
1404:, revolts, and
1299:
1252:Main street of
1246:
1211:China's economy
1200:War in Abkhazia
1153:
1123:, now known as
1082:François Bozizé
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1023:homeless people
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5460:Urban vitality
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5353:Gentrification
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