Information about Floating City
Floating city may mean:
- Floating city (science fiction), settlements that use buoyancy to remain in the atmosphere of a planet
- Ocean colonization, the theory and practice of building structures to allow humans to live permanently in areas of Earth covered in water
- Isla Atlantica, a floating city currently under construction by Elgin Postlewait, launching in 2012. www.islaatlantica.com.
- Freedom Ship, a concept for a floating city ship proposed by Norman Nixon of Freedom Ship International.
- America World City, a concept for a floating city ship proposed by John Rogers of World City Corporation
- "Floating City" (song), by Tori Amos' 1980s synthpop band Y Kant Tori Read
- Raft Cities
In science fiction, floating cities are settlements that use buoyancy to remain in the atmosphere of a planet. Buckminster Fuller first proposed the concept for Earth, by building a geodesic sphere that would be heated by sunlight, and float.
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Ocean colonization is the theory and practice of permanent human settlement of oceans. Such settlements may float on the surface of the water, or be secured to the ocean floor, or exist in an intermediate position.
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Freedom Ship is a concept for a floating city proposed by Norman Nixon of Freedom Ship International.
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With a design length of 4,500 feet (1400 m), a width of 750 feet (230 m), and a height of 350 feet (110 m),
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America World City (originally named Phoenix World City) is a concept for a floating city proposed by John Rogers of World City Corporation. It is conceived as the first of three such behemoths serving United States ports and flying the U. S. Flag. Rogers died in October, 2005.
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Y Kant Tori Read is the name of the 1980s synthpop band (and their self-titled debut album), formed by now-famous singer and songwriter Tori Amos. The band consisted of Tori, singer-pianist Kim Bullard, and future Guns N' Roses drummer Matt Sorum, as well as long-time Amos
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