The idea is to demonstrate a tool cities might use to adapt to rising sea levels
Elsewhere in Asia governments see value in tempting people to live on water . In November officials in Busan, a port in South Korea, said they planned to offer space for a floating neighbourhood that may be built near its shore. The project is endorsed byagency that deals with urbanisation. Itai Madamombe of Oceanix, the company that aims to fund and build the floating platform, says its prototype will cost around $200m and have room for 300-500 people.
. Building floating city-blocks is arguably more sustainable than land reclamation, which requires masses of sand. Busan’s authorities seem to think the project will boost its shipbuilders. South Korean cities have a history of backing big infrastructure projects that may benefit local industry. One of Oceanix’s founders, Marc Collins Chen, previously ran a firm seeking to create a special economic zone in a Tahitian lagoon. That project failed amid protest from locals, who did not relish the idea of an influx of tax-avoiders.
There is no plan for residents of Busan’s floating neighbourhood to benefit from any special rules. Instead, the goals are technical: to find out if floating districts can be comfortable, affordable and scalable. These lessons may one day help people who still hope floating homes can help them escape the grabbing hand of the state. But not if governments get there first.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline "A stop in the ocean"
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