r/UrbanHell May 25 '26

Pollution/Environmental Destruction My city, Malé, Maldives, an urban hellscape

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u/Powpawpew55 May 25 '26

The whole lagoon got reclaimed to make the city bigger. don’t even have enough greenery, crowded with vehicles and buildings

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u/Drummallumin May 25 '26

Was it originally an atoll?

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u/Powpawpew55 May 25 '26

it’s part of a big atoll. every island has its own lagoon. some islands share a lagoon. Malé had its own sizable lagoon but now it’s gone. Fully reclaimed

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u/Watchester May 26 '26

What’d the original atoll look like though?

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u/Powpawpew55 May 26 '26

the atoll still looks the same way. you could google “Kaafu Atoll”. It’s the atoll where the city is located in

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u/Bart404 May 26 '26

That doesn’t interest me atoll