An undated rendering of Oceanix Busan, a floating city in development off the coast of South Korea for which designers envisioned the city as sitting upon enormous concrete platforms floating on the water. Photos: BIG/The New York Times
Worldwide, rising sea levels and increasing urbanisation represent a formula for disaster, with more and more people seeking to live on land that will, at some point, be swallowed up by the sea.
But a futuristic-sounding solution – the construction of full cities on top of the water – is poised to become a reality.
