Should cities expand into the sea?

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Resources:

A. [https://www.theguardian.com/cities/20...](https://www.theguardian.com/cities/20...)

B. [   • Why Dubai's Man-Made Islands Are Stil...  ](   • Why Dubai's Man-Made Islands Are Stil...  )

C. Ewers Lewis, C. J., Baldock, J. A., Hawke, B., Gadd, P. S., Zawadzki, A., Heijnis, H., Jacobsen, G. E., Rogers, K., & Macreadie, P. I. (2019). Impacts of land reclamation on tidal marsh ‘blue carbon’ stocks. Science of The Total Environment, 672, 427–437. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2...](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2...)

D. [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/...](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/...)

E. [https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c...](https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c...)

F. [http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019...](http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019...)

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