Overview of the global potential of floating cities combined with floating production of food and biofuel, tackling land scarcity using the waste nutrients and CO2 of coastal cities. Case studie of Rotterdam, Jakarta, and Manila.
17. WATERBASED URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Space requirements
land
598 km²
water
210 km²
BlueRevolution
125 km²
326 km²
808 km²
RotterdamUrbanRegion
Municipality
Port
75 km²
Rotterdam
18. WATERBASED URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Blue Revolution benefits
Mitigation
of Emissions
Reducing
Fish Depletion
Improving
Resilience
60%
reused
7.5%
reduction
(rotterdam+port)
replace 40%
of wild caught
fish
(Dutch annual
quota)
21. Pilot project to demonstrate BlueRevolution at
building scale Rotterdam
Floating expo/office space
Floating algea production
Aqua culture
2015: Design and business case
Study potential in other cities and pilot intnl delta city
Next steps
22. For more information:
DeltaSync
Dr. ir. Rutger de Graaf-van Dinther
T: +31 152561872
E: rutger@deltasync.nl
www.deltasync.nl
www.blue21.org
http://kenniscentrumrdm.hr.nl/nl/kenniscentrum/lectoren/Rutger-de-Graaf/