Ghost town | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-06

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Ghost town


00:01:07 1 Definition
00:02:13 2 Reasons for abandonment
00:02:46 2.1 Economic activity shifting elsewhere
00:05:02 2.2 Human intervention
00:07:32 2.2.1 Flooding by dams
00:09:02 2.2.2 Massacres
00:09:34 2.3 Disasters, actual and anticipated
00:11:58 2.4 Disease and contamination
00:13:44 3 Revived ghost towns
00:15:09 4 Around the world
00:15:18 4.1 Africa
00:16:54 4.2 Asia
00:17:45 4.3 Antarctica
00:19:23 4.4 Europe
00:22:24 4.5 North America
00:22:32 4.5.1 Canada
00:24:00 4.5.2 United States
00:26:36 4.6 Latin America
00:27:48 4.7 Oceania



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A ghost town is an abandoned village, town, or city, usually one that contains substantial visible remains. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, prolonged droughts, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, pollution, or nuclear disasters. The term can sometimes refer to cities, towns, and neighbourhoods that are still populated, but significantly less so than in past years; for example, those affected by high levels of unemployment and dereliction.Some ghost towns, especially those that preserve period-specific architecture, have become tourist attractions. Some examples are Bannack, Calico, Centralia, Oatman, and South Pass City in the United States, Barkerville in Canada, Craco in Italy, Elizabeth Bay and Kolmanskop in Namibia, Pripyat in Ukraine, and Danushkodi in India.
The town of Plymouth on the Caribbean island of Montserrat is a ghost town that is the de jure capital of Montserrat. It was rendered uninhabitable by volcanic ash from an eruption.