Future 'ocean cities' need green engineering above and below the waterline
- Written by Katherine Dafforn, Senior Research Associate in Marine Ecology, UNSW
Artificial islands can cause huge environmental issues for coastlines. The Forest City Project
Population growth has seen skylines creep ever higher and entire cities rise from ocean depths. The latest “ocean city” is the Chinese-developed Forest City project. By 2045, four artificial islands in Malaysia will cover 14km² of ocean...
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