Floating towns in 2050

Floating towns in 2050

There are no guarantees as to what floating towns will be like midway through the twenty-first century, but there are scientific initiatives which offer an interesting glimpse into the future. Many residents will work from boats, electric ferries will be the typical form of transport, with goods and services ordered through community platforms. The most advanced floating homes will be (17) ________ friendly, equipped with their own (18) ________ units which will be able to make (19) ________ waste water completely safe and palatable. Advances in marine engineering will also have far-reaching (20) ________; structures built today can have a life (21) ________ of 100 years. The development of so-called smart monitoring systems suggests that residents will carry out their own digital safety checks, enabling remote engineers to reach an immediate (22) ________ of any structure requiring maintenance. Scientists predict with reasonable (23) ________ that some of these engineering advances will be in place for many communities worldwide, whereas the nature of other changes remains (24) ________ for the time being.