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Maldives Unveils Plans For The World S First Floating Island City

The Maldives government unveiled plans to build the world's first floating city called the Maldives Floating City (MFC) to combat rising sea levels which are expected to make parts of the low-lying Maldives uninhabitable by 2050. The MFC will be constructed on 200 hectares of lagoon near the capital Male and consist of about 1,000 waterfront residences arranged in a hexagonal pattern like a coral reef, along with future hotels, shops, and other amenities. Officials aim to make the floating city carbon neutral and self-sufficient using freshwater storage, solar power, and agriculture. Construction is slated to begin in 2022 and provide a model for other climate-

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Maldives Unveils Plans For The World S First Floating Island City

The Maldives government unveiled plans to build the world's first floating city called the Maldives Floating City (MFC) to combat rising sea levels which are expected to make parts of the low-lying Maldives uninhabitable by 2050. The MFC will be constructed on 200 hectares of lagoon near the capital Male and consist of about 1,000 waterfront residences arranged in a hexagonal pattern like a coral reef, along with future hotels, shops, and other amenities. Officials aim to make the floating city carbon neutral and self-sufficient using freshwater storage, solar power, and agriculture. Construction is slated to begin in 2022 and provide a model for other climate-

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Maldives Unveils Plans For The World's First

Floating Island City


The annual 3-to 4-millimeter rise in sea levels is expected to impact many
coastal communities in the coming decades. However, few are
as vulnerable as the Republic of the Maldives, a collection of more than a
thousand picturesque islands in the Indian Ocean. NASA researchers believe
that parts of what is "arguably the lowest-lying country in the world" will
become uninhabitable by 2050, due to wave-driven flooding and limited
freshwater. To combat the inevitable, the government
recently unveiled plans for the world's first "true" floating island city.

The structures will be protected from tides by the surrounding islands (Credit:
maldivesfloatingcity.com)

In the works for over a decade, the aptly-named Maldives Floating City (MFC)
is the brainchild of the Netherlands-based Dutch Docklands, a global leader in
floating infrastructure. According to the March 13, 2021, announcement, the
new city will be constructed on about three-quarters of a square mile, or a 200-
hectare, lagoon located just 10 minutes by boat from the Maldivian capital,
Male. It will initially comprise about a thousand waterfront residences,
arranged in a series of honeycomb-like hexagonal maze rows, reminiscent of
the shape of a coral reef. The developers plan to add hotels, restaurants,
shops, and even a school and a hospital in the near future. The floating
structures will be anchored to the surrounding islands, which will form a base
and provide protection from high tides.

Maldive officials aim to make MFC as carbon neutral and self-sufficient as


possible. Freshwater storage will provide drinking water for residents, while
floating solar blankets and agriculture fields will take care of their energy and
food needs.

Construction of the Maldives Floating City will commence in 2022 (Credit:


maldivesfloatingcity.com)

“This Maldives Floating City does not require any land reclamation, therefore
has a minimal impact on the coral reefs,” explains Mohamed Nasheed,
President of the Maldives from 2008- 2012, Speaker of Parliament and CVF
Ambassador of Ambition. “What’s more, giant, new reefs will be grown to act
as water breakers. Our adaption to climate change mustn’t destroy nature but
work with it, as the Maldives Floating City proposes. In the Maldives, we
cannot stop the waves, but we can rise with them.”

Construction of the revolutionary city is expected to begin in 2022 and be


completed in phases over the next five years. If successful, it will provide
a blueprint for other countries facing a similar situation.

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