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29 kwi 2022 · The world’s first prototype floating city that adapts to sea level rise has just been unveiled at UN headquarters in New York. OCEANIX Busan, in South Korea, aims to provide breakthrough technology for coastal cities facing land shortages and the threat of climate change.
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27 kwi 2022 · OCEANIX Busan aims to provide breakthrough technology for coastal cities facing severe land shortages that are compounded by climatic threats. The challenge is massive: two out of every five people in the world live within 100 kilometers of the coast, and 90 percent of mega cities worldwide are vulnerable to rising sea levels.
18 lis 2021 · Busan, Nairobi and New York, 18 November 2021 -- The Busan Metropolitan City of the Republic of Korea, UN-Habitat and OCEANIX today signed a historic agreement to build the world’s first prototype sustainable floating city.
11 paź 2023 · The city aims to become carbon-neutral by 2050. Busan is seeking to transform itself into an eco-friendly city through solar power facilities, offshore wind power complexes, green...
27 kwi 2022 · UN-Habitat and blue tech firm OCEANIX unveiled the design of the world’s first prototype for a sustainable floating city, to be hosted by Busan. The project is intended to provide a scalable ...
1 gru 2022 · The results of climate change data in Busan show that the temperature, precipitation, and heat wave days have been increasing over the past 50 years, with the average temperature reaching 14.5 °C. The sea level has increased by 13.4 cm from 60.8 cm in 1966 to 74.2 cm in 2015 [2].
4 gru 2021 · Building floating city-blocks is arguably more sustainable than land reclamation, which requires masses of sand. Busan’s authorities seem to think the project will boost its shipbuilders.
