![]() “There are big and small doomsdays going on around the world every day. On this occasion, samples from India, Pakistan and Mexico were being deposited alongside seeds from Syria, many of whose citizens are living through their own apocalypse. But it is the much smaller, localized destruction and threats facing gene banks all over the world that the vault was designed to protect against-and it’s why the vault was opened in February, when TIME visited. The Global Seed Vault has been dubbed the “doomsday” vault, which conjures up an image of a reserve of seeds for use in case of an apocalyptic event or a global catastrophe. It is the farthest north you can fly on a commercial airline, and apart from the nearby town of Longyearbyen, it is a vast white expanse of frozen emptiness. It would be difficult to find a place more remote than the icy wilderness of Svalbard. “Inside this building is 13,000 years of agricultural history,” says Brian Lainoff, lead partnerships coordinator of the Crop Trust, which manages the vault, as he hauls open the huge steel door leading inside the mountain. It is essentially a huge safety deposit box, holding the world’s largest collection of agricultural biodiversity. Millions of these tiny brown specks, from more than 930,000 varieties of food crops, are stored in the Global Seed Vault on Spitsbergen, part of Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. It’s not coal, oil or precious minerals, but seeds. Parks and Plazas originally appeared in-game under the heading "Decorations", but were renamed "Parks & Plazas" in Patch 1.4.0-f3 on 22 March 2016.Deep in the bowels of an icy mountain on an island above the Arctic Circle between Norway and the North Pole lies a resource of vital importance for the future of humankind.The boost fades over time until it is back to normal. This functions much like the " Road Maintenance" from the "Snowfall" DLC. Parks do not fall into disrepair, but when they are "maintained", they get a temporary boost in their effectiveness. The Park Maintenance Boost policy will increase the length of the Park Maintenance vehicles’ shifts by 50%.Īll parts of a Park Area are maintained by a visit to the Main Gate of the park. Three parks will be serviced during each vehicle's work shift, and then it will return to the Park Maintenance Building. Park Maintenance vehicles will travel around the city, even outside of their "coverage" area, and maintain all parks and plazas. Park Maintenance buildings produce "Park Maintenance Vehicles" to maintain your parks and plazas. Required to unlock "Igloo Hotel" Unique Building.Īvailable only with the Parklife DLC enabled. (Can be activated for non-European themed maps in Content Manager under "Styles".) **This item is only available in a European Map Theme. *This item previously available only in the Pre-order Pack was made available for all in Patch 1.5.0-f4 (09 JUNE 2016). There are two different skins for this parking garage. These plazas are not limited to pedestrian areas, so they can be placed anywhere in a city. There are a variety of pedestrian area plazas, some of which are unlocked when certain criteria involving pedestrian areas are met. Plazas and Promenades Īvailable only with the Plazas and Promenades DLC enabled. **These items made available in Patch 1.9.0-f5 () alongside "Green Cities".Ĭreate "Paradox Account" to gain access to the "Paradox Plaza". *These items previously available only in the Pre-order Pack were made available for all in Patch 1.5.0-f4 (09 JUNE 2016). (Unlike Park Area buildings from the Parklife DLC.)Īs with other services, the parks and plazas budget can be adjusted between 50% and 150%, which subsequently adjusts the entertainment impact of parks and plazas. Like most other buildings, all of these must be placed roadside. Sufficient coverage by these assets is needed for many buildings to upgrade.Īll of the unique buildings offer some degree of entertainment, and can supplement a city's parks infrastructure. ![]() The magnitude and spread of this effect depends upon the "entertainment accumulation" and "entertainment radius" parameters of the different structures. These will also have an effect on the "leisure" value of nearby buildings (viewable in the leisure info view), increasing their land value. Citizens and tourists will travel to these and spend time enjoying the scenery. There are a variety of parks and plazas available to build. Parks & plazas provide entertainment for citizens and tourists, and help to increase nearby land value. ![]() This article has been verified for the current version (1.16) of the game.įor information on the Parklife DLC feature: see Park Areas
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