http:\/\/seasteading.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Miguel-Lamas-Establishment-of-Autonomous-Ocean-Communities-English.pdf<\/a><\/p>\nmuch mor like it! a phd thesis that analyses seasteading. looks very promising. 300 pages.<\/p>\n
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from the thesis:<\/p>\n
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PREFACE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nThe idea surrounding floating cities is a topic that has been part of the collective <\/span><\/p>\nimagination since the nineteenth century. It has been addressed by diverse fields both in science <\/span><\/p>\nand in the arts (engineering, architecture and literature) particularly during the twentieth century, <\/span><\/p>\nwhen it was realized that the technology had been developed to take on such a challenge.<\/span><\/p>\nNonetheless, in many instances, the proposals lacked realistic foundations, and appeared <\/span><\/p>\nto be motivated simply to seek media attention for their proponents.<\/span><\/p>\nThis dissertation seeks to address this by providing a framework on the topic regarding the <\/span><\/p>\nconcept of “floating cities” by questioning why it is that humanity has sought to establish such <\/span><\/p>\ncities.<\/span><\/p>\nWe avoid the media-coined term “Floating Cities” and instead use a different term with a <\/span><\/p>\nwider context, “Oceanic Colonization”, which we have defined as “the establishment of offshore <\/span><\/p>\nautonomous communities aboard artificial platforms.”<\/span><\/p>\nAdditionally, we have distinguished four types of oceanic colonization for four different and <\/span><\/p>\ndistinct objectives:<\/span><\/p>\n1) expansion of landholdings; 2) mobile settlements; 3) semipermanent mobile settlements <\/span><\/p>\nto access marine resources; 4) and the creation of micronations.<\/span><\/p>\nIt is this fourth category that will guide the review of the whole issue of ocean colonization.<\/span><\/p>\nThe dissertation’s objective is to “analyze possible (current and future) options available to <\/span><\/p>\nthe discipline of Naval and Oceanic Engineering for the establishment of offshore autonomous <\/span><\/p>\ncommunities that would allow for the creation of oceanic micronations.<\/span><\/p>\nAt the same time, we shall attempt to explore the future evolution of the three other <\/span><\/p>\nobjectives of oceanic colonization.<\/span><\/p>\nIn Part I- State o f the Art, we seek to review the most ambitious oceanic colonization <\/span><\/p>\nprojects espoused toward the creation of oceanic micronation (such as the Principality of Sealand) <\/span><\/p>\nas well as those proposed by professionals outside of the Naval and Oceanic disciplines with <\/span><\/p>\napparently media-seeking proposals (such as the “Green Float” espoused by Shimizu Corporation).<\/span><\/p>\nWe shall point out that these vain attempts have failed as they have not taken into account <\/span><\/p>\na series of requirements which shall be examined in Part II of this dissertation.<\/span><\/p>\nIn Part II, Set-up and Challenges, we develop four essential requirements that need to be <\/span><\/p>\nfulfilled by any oceanic settlement:<\/span><\/p>\n1) economic and commercial, 2) technical specifications surrounding the platforms, 3) legal <\/span><\/p>\nand external relations, and 4) self-government and internal relations.<\/span><\/p>\nThese requirements are common to all four forms of oceanic colonization though the steps <\/span><\/p>\nto achieving them are distinct and different for each one.<\/span><\/p>\nThe research behind this dissertation is focused on the technical and legal requirements <\/span><\/p>\n(requirements 2 and 3) to create a micronation in the oceans.<\/span><\/p>\nTo this effect, we researched existing platforms.<\/span><\/p>\nThus, in Part III-Results, we present the review performed on the various platforms used in <\/span><\/p>\nthe three first forms of oceanic colonization identified and that best conform to the creation of <\/span><\/p>\noceanic micronation including the legal nuances related to them.<\/span><\/p>\nThe platform types reviewed included cruise ships and residential offshore and inshore <\/span><\/p>\nflotels; also those termed as Very Large Floating Structures or VLFS and the offshore concrete- <\/span><\/p>\nbased structures.<\/span><\/p>\nAt the conclusion of this section, we shall analyze the legal and regulatory requirements of <\/span><\/p>\noceanic colonization from the perspective of maritime law.<\/span><\/p>\nIn Part IV- Results Analysis, we shall examine future trends of the four forms of oceanic <\/span><\/p>\ncolonization postulated.<\/span><\/p>\nWe allocate greater detail to the review of oceanic colonization to form micronations <\/span><\/p>\nbased on the various platforms reviewed, and we provide a proposal of timelines and hypotheses <\/span><\/p>\nas to how we see this form of colonization evolving.<\/span><\/p>\nLastly, in Part V- Conclusions, we shall conclude that the oceanic colonization and the <\/span><\/p>\ncreation of micronations in the future is a result of the evolution of the other three forms of <\/span><\/p>\noceanic colonization:<\/span><\/p>\n1) expansion of land holdings, where the solution via VLFS appears to be a viable alternative,<\/span><\/p>\n2) mobile settlements (where the primary venue shall be cruise ships that will be converted into <\/span><\/p>\nmobile-floating-ship-cities and 3) the establishment of permanent oceanic settlements to access <\/span><\/p>\nmarine resources that will require permanent floating cities in order to best extract them.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So, after posting the previus post i started reading about seasteading. its really interesting. here ar som mor links https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seasteading useful overview, lots of links to sources http:\/\/www.wired.com\/techbiz\/startups\/magazine\/17-02\/mf_seasteading?currentPage=1 mainstream introduction to the subject http:\/\/gramlich.net\/projects\/oceania\/seastead1.html a pragmatic approach to seasteading. very much worth reading. about 25 pages. https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blueseed a commerciel approach http:\/\/www.seasteading.org\/book\/seasteading-book-beta\/ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1925,17,1107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government-form","category-politik","category-science","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3522,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3521\/revisions\/3522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}