Legal Framework for Sustainable Floating City Development: A Case Study of the Netherlands

Fen Yu Lin; Otto Spijkers; Pernille van der Plank

doi:10.1007/978-981-16-2256-4_27

Legal Framework for Sustainable Floating City Development: A Case Study of the Netherlands

Fen Yu Lin^*, Otto Spijkers, Pernille van der Plank

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Abstract

Sustainable floating city development has recently gained increasing popularity as a serious solution to climate change threats and land scarcity faced in urban areas. While many design and engineering aspects have been widely studied and tested, social acceptance and legal issues have been relatively underemphasized. The legal aspects of floating city development are multifaceted, contextual and rather complicated. It involves different scales and levels of legislation and branches of law. This paper aims to identify the current legal framework at different levels, as well as the knowledge gaps that still need to be filled in order to make living (i.e. human settlement) at sea possible and regulated. Taking the Netherlands as a host nation example for floating city development, the research investigates into the status-quo and future challenges regarding international law (United Nations Law of the Sea Convention [LOSC]), national laws and property law. The results shed light on the complex interrelations between different scales and levels of laws that need to be taken into account for expanding cities on water. Recommendations on future research and regulatory actions needed to overcome the challenges and facilitate the realization of sustainable floating city development are provided.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	WCFS2020
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 2nd World Conference on Floating Solutions, Rotterdam
Editors	Lukasz Piatek, Soon Heng Lim, Chien Ming Wang, Rutger de Graaf-van Dinther
Publisher	Springer
Pages	433-460
Number of pages	28
ISBN (Print)	9789811622557
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2256-4_27
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	2nd World Conference on Floating Solutions, WCFS 2020 - Virtual, Online Duration: 6 Oct 2020 → 8 Oct 2020

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Volume	158
ISSN (Print)	2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)	2366-2565

Conference

Conference	2nd World Conference on Floating Solutions, WCFS 2020
City	Virtual, Online
Period	6/10/20 → 8/10/20

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© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

Keywords

Floating city development
Legal framework
National law
Property law
United Nations Law of the Sea Convention

UN SDGs

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Lin, F. Y., Spijkers, O., & van der Plank, P. (2022). Legal Framework for Sustainable Floating City Development: A Case Study of the Netherlands. In L. Piatek, S. H. Lim, C. M. Wang, & R. D. G. Dinther (Eds.), WCFS2020: Proceedings of the 2nd World Conference on Floating Solutions, Rotterdam (pp. 433-460). (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering; Vol. 158). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2256-4_27

Lin, Fen Yu ; Spijkers, Otto ; van der Plank, Pernille. / Legal Framework for Sustainable Floating City Development : A Case Study of the Netherlands. WCFS2020: Proceedings of the 2nd World Conference on Floating Solutions, Rotterdam. editor / Lukasz Piatek ; Soon Heng Lim ; Chien Ming Wang ; Rutger de Graaf-van Dinther. Springer, 2022. pp. 433-460 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering).

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Lin, FY, Spijkers, O & van der Plank, P 2022, Legal Framework for Sustainable Floating City Development: A Case Study of the Netherlands. in L Piatek, SH Lim, CM Wang & RDG Dinther (eds), WCFS2020: Proceedings of the 2nd World Conference on Floating Solutions, Rotterdam. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol. 158, Springer, pp. 433-460, 2nd World Conference on Floating Solutions, WCFS 2020, Virtual, Online, 6/10/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2256-4_27

Legal Framework for Sustainable Floating City Development: A Case Study of the Netherlands. / Lin, Fen Yu; Spijkers, Otto; van der Plank, Pernille.
WCFS2020: Proceedings of the 2nd World Conference on Floating Solutions, Rotterdam. ed. / Lukasz Piatek; Soon Heng Lim; Chien Ming Wang; Rutger de Graaf-van Dinther. Springer, 2022. p. 433-460 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering; Vol. 158).

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Legal Framework for Sustainable Floating City Development: A Case Study of the Netherlands

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