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The World Population now stands at 7.6 Billion, that is the total number of humans habitating the surface of the Earth presently, how accurate this data is; we do not know and to find out would be a very humongous task. Accurate or not, the United Nations has further estimates 11.2 Billion Population explosion by the year 2100.
Another fact is that, water takes 71% of the surface of the Earth which only means one thing; about 7.6 Billion people crammed together on the remaining 29% part of earth surface and it is interesting to know that out of the 29%, only 0.05% is for us humans to live on!
Now that i have established the facts; which is that we live in a watery planet. Scientist and Oceanographers concluded that continents were clustered together decades past but due to the many reactions and events e.g Dinosaurs Extinction, the Great Comets maybe this is why continents separated.
PROBLEM
The population of the World is increasing but habitable land and space is not, as matter of facts it is reducing due to unstoppable Human activities like industrialization, constructions and many other factors. Most deforestation and land conversions are for setting up more Factories, Companies, road and railway constructions and even Artificial waterways(Canals) etc and not for habitable spaces. As a result of this, many countries with massive population suffers from congestion and severe air pollution.
PROBLEM SOLVED WITH A BLOCKCHAIN POWERED FLOATING SETTLEMENTS
Since we all know the ration of Land to water on this planet is comparatively small, there the fringes between land and water is where everything comes together, maximizing the abundance of one to satisfy the inadequacy of the other. Cities, Towns, Villages communities could be built on this Abundant water, floating settlements on the waves is an age long dreams of futuristic engineers and architects as well as scientist.
Even Fictional Movie producers and writes also dream of this and now it is coming to reality to serve the needs of the Ever increasing World of Human. A prototype floating village is in development to be built on the Turquoise waters of a Lagoon in the largest island of the Pacific Ocean in French Polynesia called Tahiti, Oceania.
This communities/towns would serve as an experiment to implement the advance technology needed to fabricate bigger communities.
"We are going to have bungalows, apartments, research institutions, under water Restaurants and we expect this villages to thrive through combination of Eco-tourism and new aquatic industries e.g Seaweed Farming and Wave power"- Joe Quirk, President of Sea-steadying Institute.
To start the project, a startup company from Singapore; Blue Frontiers signed a Memorandum of Understanding to construct a $60 Million Floating community on the Southern side of Tahiti's main island with the French Polynesian Government, a project that kick starts by 2020. This seems like the best possible solutions to over Crowded Cities and Metropolis.
FEATURES AND MAPPING OF THE FIRST MODEL
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"I want to create something for the Tahitian Lagoon that didn't look out of place"- Bart Roeffen, Project Architect Specialist in Floating Structures at Dutch Firm Blue21
The floating Tahiti's village would extend out of the Island's protected reef(Coral Reef) and would be floating in a water depth of approximately 100 feet with a distance of 0.9144 Km from the shore. About 220 to 320 people would be invited to live and work on this floating village with an interconnected walkways averaging 7,500 Sq.ft. It will be built out of recycled materials e.g coconut wood, Photovoltaic power systems etc.. At a distance, the floating community would look nothing less than a natural island but with a green "Living roof" of gardens to help filter waste water. The advance technology will be efficient in tackling rising sea water levels which might be a threat to the Community.
FUNDING
An ICO to raise the $60 Million initial Capital to start this project will be lunched in February, a Crowd Source Funding opened to investors all over the Globe having a stake in changing the world.
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References
- World's first floating village to breathe new life into old dream
- Water On Earth
- World Popultion
- How much water is there on, in, and above the Earth?
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