Multi-disciplinary Analysis for Urban Development Offshore

Land scarcity, in and around coastal cities have motivated the current study, which aims to include the adjacent marine environment as a feasible alternative for coastal expansion. Proclaimed as the sustainable solution for land reclamation, floating islands have not fulfilled their promise yet. Therefore, by merging current available regulations (marine classifications and building codes), with a coherent design methodology, the authors hope to narrow the gap between conceptual proposals and factual design for future implementation. The current paper gives a concise review of a multi-disciplinary design procedure for a floating structure module — a part of a multi-body structure for urban development offshore.