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2.1 IJmeer Floating City
Building in the Rhine Delta has recently attracted a lot of public attention. The Rhine Delta is of high economic and geographic importance; Europe’s largest harbour Rotterdam and an economic engine of high importance, the Amsterdam-Almere area, are located in this delta.
Climate change, sea level rise, population growth and ongoing urbanization result in higher vulnerability of the Rhine delta because it will result in increased flooding frequency, increased investments and increased use of water, energy and other resources. The Rhine Delta also faced strong competition from thriving economies such as China and India. After agriculture and industry, services are moving away to low cost countries as well. Making the switch to knowledge-intensive high value added economic activities is therefore of vital importance for the Rhine Delta.
To develop a more self supporting, non risk increasing concept of urbanization in the Almere Amsterdam region that will contribute to further economic and technological development in the Rhine Delta, was present a transition experiment of a more self-supporting floating city. The floating city is an accelerator for delta technology; it offers a testing ground for pilots of new technology (Fig. 6).
Fig. 6 IJmeer Floating City and the IJmeer bridge that will not only improve the connection between the two main urban areas in the region, but also act as an on-ramp for the floating city.
The project itself should prove to be a regional landmark, not just because it’s a floating city but also because of the surrounding wetlands and facilities with tourist appeal, like a marina, a floating hotel and a floating theater. Not only will increased tourist revenue be beneficial to the regional economy, public interest from abroad also helps the floating city become an export product in its own regard, just like the Delta Works helped export Dutch delta technology (IJmeer, 2006).
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