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Globalization has torn<br />
the walls when it comes<br />
to trade, flows of goods,<br />
services and capital. Innovation<br />
and sustainable development<br />
have become<br />
the pillars of the modern<br />
era thanks to global collaboration.<br />
Global trade routes are by no means a new concept. The development<br />
of human kind has always been driven through such activity. The most<br />
famous of these networks is none other than the Silk Road, which now<br />
after hundreds of years looks to be set to return. We have entered a<br />
new epoch in our history, where technology is evolving at a rate that is<br />
now allowing the realization of what was deemed previously impossible.<br />
Infrastructure projects are no longer aimed at a regional scale, but<br />
rather look further afield. Projects of such nature have been brought<br />
forward throughout history, often touted though as impossible. Very<br />
recently though we have found a paradigm shift in terms of global development<br />
projects. These so called “mega-projects” are found within<br />
a variety of sectors, ranging from Aerospace projects like intercontinental<br />
flight, Disaster Containment projects such as those implemented<br />
to clean up and contain the fallout of Chernobyl and Fukoshima.<br />
Energy projects have historically been important but have today<br />
reached an unprecedented scale, ranging from enormous Hydro-electric<br />
power stations, Solar farms and Wind farms are all currently being<br />
implemented around the world.<br />
These mega-projects also extend into the field of Science with developments<br />
of technology such as the Large Hadron Collider in Cern, or<br />
the Human Genome project. These projects allow for global collaboration<br />
for the betterment and understanding of our species.<br />
Transport and City-Making are without a doubt two of the areas where<br />
these mega projects have begun to make their mark as well. The unfathomable<br />
growth of super cities like Dubai and Shenzen have shown<br />
new potentialities of architecture and urban planning today.<br />
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Developments in transport too have taken a leap forward, with<br />
driver-less cars, drone delivery and high speed rail systems like the Hyperloop<br />
on the horizon of a not too distant future. Man looks likely to<br />
expand this network of trade and infrastructure even further abroad.<br />
Space travel, often seen as the final frontier looks set to become an<br />
all to real reality. Pioneers such as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard<br />
Branson are all aiming to make man a multi-planetary species within<br />
the next decade, where trade between celestial bodies such as the<br />
Earth, Mars and the moon will become the newest iterations of the Silk<br />
Road.<br />
UNHCR<br />
-The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner<br />
for Refugees, an international organization<br />
that is part of the UN and is responsible for giving<br />
help and support to refugees
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