April 26 (local time), the first floating city project on world in Korea was announced. According to a summary of comments from policymakers in the IPCC’s most recent United Nations report, floating cities could be one way to mitigate the impact of sea-level rise, which caused by condition Climate Change.
The world’s first floating city will be built in Busan (South Korea). Photo: BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group.
“Sea-level rise poses an existential threat to some islets and some low-lying coastlines,” the summary states.
According to the report, rising sea levels are threatening both coastal transport and electricity infrastructure.
Climate.Gov, a science and information portal on climate change run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, says that since 1880, global mean sea level has risen from a 20-22 cm. A third of that is water level rise in the past 25 years.
In the US, by 2050, the average sea level will rise by 25-30cm.
In South Korea, Busan is home to 3.4 million residents and is an important port city. To adapt to sea level rise, Busan has partnered with Oceanix and the United Nations Human Settlement Program in 2021 to develop a floating city. BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group and Samoo Architects & Engineers, owned by Samsung, are now the leading architects of the floating city.
The floating city is designed for a community of about 12,000 people and is expandable. Photo: BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group.
It is known that the prototype of the city is made of interconnected platforms that have a total surface area of more than 6 hectares. Each modular part of the city is designed for a specific use, such as living space, research facilities or accommodation. Each platform will have different bridges.
The city will be built for a community of about 12,000 people and is expandable up to 100,000 people. In addition, the floating city will be maintained sustainably with solar panels, all water used in the floating city will be treated and recycled.
It is known that the United Nations has officially studied the plan to build floating cities as a measure to adapt to climate change since 3 years ago.
UN Under-Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said at the time: “We are living in a time when we cannot continue to build cities the way New York or Nairobi was built. We are. must build cities knowing that they will face climate-related risks – from rising sea levels to hurricanes Floating cities can be part of a new arsenal of tools ours”.
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