blue revolution global potential of productive floating city expansions
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Presentatie projecten CoE DeltatechnologieBlueRevolution Global Potential
Dr. ir. Rutger de Graaf-van Dinther
9 januari 2014
Population density
Earthzine, 2010
Manila, Philippines
Source: DeltaSync, 2013
Source: DeltaSync, 2013
Conventional city Conventional + Floating city
‘Linear metabolism’ ‘Cyclical metabolism’
Source: Deltasync, 2012
Concept | Closing CO2 and nutrients cycles
Source: Deltasync, 2012
Source: DeltaSync, 2013
WATERBASED URBAN DEVELOPMENT
CLIMATECHANGE
Rotterdam challenges | CLIMATE CHANGE
WATER SQUARE source: fastcoexist.com GREEN ROOFS source: Erasmus MC FLOATING EXPANSION
FLOODRISK
WATERBASED URBAN DEVELOPMENT
CO2
EMISSIONS
NUTRIENTEMISSIONS
Rotterdam challenges | EMISSIONS
WATERBASED URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Rotterdam challenges | SUMMARIZED
TOO MUCH
WATERTOO MANY
NUTRIENTSTOO MUCH
CO₂
WATERBASED URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Rotterdam challenges | SUMMARIZED
TOO MUCH
WATERTOO MANY
NUTRIENTSTOO MUCH
CO₂
BASICALLY THE REQUIREMENTS OF A PLANT
WATERBASED URBAN DEVELOPMENT
BlueRevolution
Methodology(Rotterdam)
WATERBASED URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Potential for Rotterdam
* preliminary data, under review
WATERBASED URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Space requirements
land
598 km²
water
210 km²
BlueRevolution
125 km²
326 km²
808 km²
Ro
tte
rdam
Urb
an R
egi
on
Mu
nic
ipal
ity
Po
rt
75 km²
Rotterdam
WATERBASED URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Blue Revolution benefits
Mitigationof Emissions
ReducingFish Depletion
ImprovingResilience
60%reused
7.5%reduction(rotterdam+port)
replace 40%of wild caught
fish(Dutch annual
quota)
WATERBASED URBAN DEVELOPMENT
20
Projects| Affordable floating housing
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
For more information:
DeltaSync
Dr. ir. Rutger de Graaf-van Dinther
T: +31 152561872
www.deltasync.nl
www.blue21.org
http://kenniscentrumrdm.hr.nl/nl/kenniscentrum/lectoren/Rutger-de-Graaf/