Pitch
Rising sea levels due to global warming will affect island nations and some of them will soon vanish if necessary actions are not taken now.
Description
Make life easier/more difficult for Singapore?
More difficult
Describe the change
Singapore is on course to become smart in various fields but rising sea levels puts it in alarming risk as it is an island nation, the predicted levels of 10 feet increase in sea level will flood the entire nation.
People will start moving out of Singapore to safer mainland nations. Singapore Government should start investing in building artificial barriers to secure its land against rising sea levels.
How will this change impact Smart Nation Singapore in 2030?
Singapore will look forward in investing in building artificial barriers to rise in sea levels. The following technologies can be useful.
Maeslant Barrier: A set of horizontal, pivoting gates on the Rhine River at the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, it is expected to be closed about every 10 years to hold off a surge of more than three meters.
Thames Barrier: A series of river gates, it was built in the 1970s to protect vulnerable London from storm surges. In 1990, the Thames Barrier closed once or twice a year on average, while in 2003 it closed 14 times. It is expected to be useful only for another 50 years because of sea level rise.
Venice MOSE: About 80 mobile barriers in the lagoon of Venice, Italy, that will lie on the sea floor but inflate during high tides.
Bay Arc: An idea for a giant net that would fold underwater at the Golden Gate and be raised to prevent major ocean storm surges from entering the Bay.
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