Japan, China and the United Arabian Emirates have already resorted to manufacturing land. Tokyo, Nagasaki, Odaiba, Hong Kong and Dubai have each expanded their cities into the ocean because of overgrowth or to expand valuable coastline property near cities. This could be seen as an act of reclaiming the edge which is eroded by the sea, but is this a solution or a diversion? How do we inhabit the new land?
<http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/index.html>
<http://www.nakheel.com/>
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Nate: Not sure if you checked it out or not yet, but a good case study for land expansion into the sea/manufactured property is Dubai. The Palm island is already complete and I believe inhabited, and the Map of the World island is well underway. They have expanded their coastline by over 500 miles and created thousands of residential options. They are being built by Nakheel Properties (www.nakheel.com)
is this a solution or a diversion?!?
this is a diversion for oil sheiks with bottomless bank accounts. the pessimist in me believes this be a disaster in terms of overpopulation, unanticipated environmental changes, and infrastructure. I think it is a strong solution in terms of airports, but it is diversion for the wealthy in terms of housing. when it really comes to question whether this can facilitate world wide need for land, this is a far too expensive and unrealistic solution, but very cool.
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