'One curiously geographical form through which [the] circulation of new globalising, cultural spatialities takes place is the artificial island. The worldwide phenomenon of the artificial island has become a key defining imaginary and material form of 21st-century development visions clamouring to “ornamentalise” and reinvent, their urbanising coastlines.'
I couldn't understand the emphasized phrase, can someone rephrase it? Thanks in advance.
The source: Vertical by Stephen Graham
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