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ASCE seeks to transform ‘city of the future' into reality

Civil engineering group embarks on multi-year, multimillion effort to explore future infrastructure challenges facing society A city that floats on the ocean is the first of five futuristic metropolises being modeled by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Photo: ASCE Today more than half of all people on Earth live near live the ocean, but the American Society of Civil Engineers believes that in the near future, some of them could be living on it. The floating city that ASCE envisions is much different from grim metropolises of Blade Runner and countless other science fiction films. Picture a large structure composed of interlocking floating platforms, with living… Read More