The world Islands (Dubai)

[drewins]

Was watching a doco on how this was being constructed. It was really interesting. Anyone else see it?

Here is a little info about it courtesy of Wikipedia:

"The World is a man-made archipelago of 300 islands constructed in the shape of a world map and located 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The World is one of several artificial island projects being constructed in Dubai, others being the Palm Islands. Like the other artificial island projects, The World is built primarily using sand dredged from the sea. It was developed by Nakheel Properties and was originally conceived by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai.

Each island in the archipelago ranges from about 14,000 m² (150,000 square feet) to 42,000 m² (450,000 square feet). The distance between each island will be an average of 100 metres (328 feet). The entire development covers an area of 9 km in length and 6 km in width, surrounded by an oval breakwater. Roughly 232 km (144 miles) of shoreline has been created. The overall development cost of The World was estimated as 14 billion USD. As for the individual islands, prices range between 15 and 50 million USD. One island is still for sale at a price of 250 million USD.

The project was unveiled on 6 May 2003 by Sheikh Mohammed. Dredging began four months later in September 2003. By January 2008, 60% of the islands had been sold, 20 of which were bought in the first four months of 2007. On 10 January 2008, the final stone on the breakwater was laid, completing initial development. The next phase of the project is to hand over the individual islands to developers."


This is a computer generated image but this is what it should look like:




Not sure whether I would buy S.A. or some European country like Spain or France.

[drewins]

The reason they decided to break up each country so much was so that there were simply more islands for people to buy.

Also the breakwaters (from what I saw) were made like artificial reefs so instead of just having a tall pile of rocks they stepped the rocks up gradually underwater to slowly break down the waves. This means that tall piles of rocks aren't covering the view out to the ocean.

[drewins]

The World (archipelago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

[Bravotwozero]

Good to see they're putting their oil profits to good use. 100 years ago they were living in tents and riding camels. In another 100 years they'll be back living in tents and riding camels.

[stocky]

arent these meant to break apart eventually? seemed kinda pointless

[vy_storm]

Bring on a tsunami!

[drewins]

I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be going to all this trouble if they are just going to break apart.

[1991_Vn2nV]

In a few years, that guys made billions of dollars through selling those islands... Sounds like a good idea to me

[RVN 355]

too much b **** what a waist are well someone is getting rich over sand.