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摩納哥王子阿爾伯特二世最近表示要通過填海擴地的方式擴大土地面積，以緩解人口過于密集的現狀。據悉，該項工程將耗資100億英鎊，計劃自王宮和歷史中心所在地西部的芳薇耶區向地中海擴展，擴地面積約12.5英畝，相當于5個足球場那么大，規劃中的建筑物包括豪華地產、寫字樓、商業及公共建筑。其實，這個填海擴地計劃去年就已提出，后來因為全球金融危機到來，同時一向注重環保的王子也擔心此舉會破壞海洋環境，因此被擱置。近期再次將該計劃提上議事日程是因為王子覺得時機已成熟，而且為了保護海洋環境和生物，此次所有擴充的面積都將以石油鉆塔等樁柱為支撐，并不會對海洋進行填埋。
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Prince Albert II of Monaco is planning to reclaim land from the sea with a ground-breaking scheme that will allow the tiny population to expand. |
Prince Albert II of Monaco is planning to reclaim land from the sea with a ground-breaking scheme that will allow the tiny population to expand.
He has launched a drive to build into the Mediterranean to create an area around 12.5 acres – roughly the size of five football pitches.
It will extend from the Fontvieille district at the western foot of the "rock", where Monaco's palace and historic centre are situated.
The ￡10 billion plan was first floated last year but dropped due to the financial crisis and the "green" Prince's concerns it would damage the marine environment.
But the prince has now decided the time is right to try again and is planning a smaller development that will include a mixture of luxury property, offices and industry and public buildings.
Monaco is the world's most densely populated country, with a current population of just over 32,000. Only a fifth of these are native Monegasques and a select few newcomers are taken on each year.
The land reclamation will be made fiendishly complex by the eco-conscious Prince, as he has insisted the entire extension should be built on stilts like an oil rig in order not to disrupt the marine life beneath.
The "green" monarch, who drives an electric car and travelled to the North Pole to measure the effects of global warming, said he wanted the vast project to be an eco-showcase that would set an example to the world.
Gilles Tonelli, Monaco's governmental adviser on equipment, the environment and urban planning, said the country was running out of space.
"Fontvieille contributed hugely to the economic prosperity of Monaco over the past 20 years," he said.
"The presiding logic is that we need an extra 300,000 squared meters floor space per decade. We have made very precise calculations on the ground we still have left, space we can make via urban restructuring, and the answer is we're alright until 2020. But after that we'll have a big deficit."
Whereas the earlier project was to be privately funded by consortia, this time the Monegasque state will handle the financing to minimise risk.
Mr Tonelli said the project could be completed in several phases.
The Prince has asked three groups of international environmental experts to study sedimentology and currentology, marine biodiversity and creating "false reefs" to support a wealth of marine life. They will hand in their conclusions in the next few months.
Major names from the world of architecture will then be asked to come up with new designs, with construction not expected to start before 2015.
In an interview in Le Parisien, Prince Albert said the new project must be a "model of sustainability". He has pledged to reduce Monaco's green gas emissions by 30 per cent before 2020, and by 80 per cent for 2050.
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(Agencies)
（英語點津 Helen 編輯）
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