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Concrete jungle

In the space of 50 years, more and more roads and buildings have replaced fields and meadows.

Economic growth, industrialisation and demographic change have completely altered the Swiss landscape. Pictures from the 2010 exhibition at the Naturama Aarau chart those changes.

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