one of these long term projects is jacques rouge zein for a floating city off the pacific island of tot he t. . the u.s. based seasteading institute has developed a concept for a floating city project led by political theorist pantry friedman the co-founder of pay pal there's also one tool the idea has a political dimension to solve or an ocean colonies would be free from state control. but floating communities must be available to everyone not just the wealthy the oceanic project is being developed in coordination with the united nations the goal is to make floating cities available to the many coastal regions that are under threat and those solutions are urgently needed nearly half of the world's population lives within 100 kilometers of the coastline. oceanic cities could grow and adapt housing anywhere from 30210000 people. the threat of rising sea levels might be right around the corner hamburg in northern germany could also be at risk . if gaddafi homework is and its a real danger hamburg is located just 100 kilometers from the coast. and research indicates that if the sea level i