Concrete Jungles

Five construction megaprojects and the countries that made them.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | JAN/FEB 2012

A little cement can make a big difference in reducing disease and poverty, but a lot of it can prove problematic. While these record-setting concrete colossi are engineering feats, the world's favorite building material can exact heavy costs.

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Uri Friedman is an associate editor at Foreign Policy.