| Description |
xv, 366 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-345) and index. |
| Contents |
I. Seavilization now -- Home: this isn't planet Earth -- Houses: cities that clean the seas -- II. Environment -- Food: feed the world with greenhouse gas -- Fish: farms that swim with fish -- Fuel: the ocean is a solar panel -- III. Economy -- Wealth: the miracle of start-up societies -- Health: faster, cheaper, better, fluid care -- IV. Freedom -- Fear: war, waves, pirates, pollution, price! -- History: rights flow from frontiers -- Flow states: how to double global wealth. |
| Summary |
"What if ... the way to decrease ocean pollution is to increase ocean populations? ... the way to decrease the number of wars is to increase the number of countries? ... the way to discover political solutions is to empower your political enemies? ... we don't need to fight when we can float? ... it's easier to float than fly? ... we built civilization in the wrong place? ... you could create your own microcountry at sea?"--Page [ix]. |
| Subject |
Artificial islands -- Economic aspects.
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City-states -- Economic aspects.
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Marine resources.
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Urbanization.
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Forecasting.
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| Added Author |
Friedman, Patri, 1976- author.
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| ISBN |
9781451699265 (alk. paper) |
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1451699263 (alk. paper) |
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