Unless you ’ve been deliberately ignoring climatologists , the conditions , and , well , reality in ecumenical , you ’re aware that sea levels are rising at an increasing rate . It ’s led to an uptick in lay waste to coastal implosion therapy , since even a slight rise in water stratum can have a significant consequence on the violent storm surge . The gloomy the true is that many coastal city will likelyfind themselves underwaterin the next hundred years .
But here is somemuch - ask good news : An ingenious and innovative new base system is presently being train that could provide a extremely effective , panoptic - shell solution . TheSAFE Building System , which brook for self - adjusting floating environs , would allow for entire communities to blow upwiththe rising water , keeping them protected from flood .
Here’s how it works
A shallow basin is excavated in a coastal area , with an inlet system that associate it to a nearby bay tree or river that allows water to flow freely in and out as the water degree rise and lessen . Then , a series of foundation buoys , about the size of a merchant vessels container , are arranged along the base of the basin . They ’re lock together to produce a spacious , unchanging platform – serve as the de facto ground level for construction .
Next , the " float " residential district is built entirely on top of this base , utter with building , roads , landscape gardening , and utilities . In the event of a storm surge or overflow , the foundation buoys – and therefore , the entire community – rise up with the piss , preventing property damage or risk to residents .
Pretty brilliant , ripe ? Theoretically , a city could have a clump of these SAFE circle - ups scatter the landscape , create a connection of neighborhoods that are connected along the same woodworking plane during dry clip , and separate by ravine of flood waters when they individually float up .
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Not only would this help to flood - proof existing city and neighborhoods , it could also open up up the possible action of develop new residential district on low - lying land that is currently see too risky or unbuildable – something traditional levees and surge barrier ca n’t realistically accomplish .
Whether or not SAFE is adopt and adequately fund by at - risk municipalities remains to be seen , but the futurity wait bright . Arx Pax is already in talk with FEMA , and has organize a buffer project to test the system out on the low - lie Pacific island commonwealth of Kiribati .
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