通过颗粒性仲裁恢复性:预测新加坡海平面上升
1Royal Holloway, University of London.
概括
新加坡新加坡新加坡新加坡
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 城市规划 城市规划
- 地缘政治地缘政治地缘政治
背景情况:
- 新加坡通过广泛的土地回收,大幅扩大了其土地面积.
- 这种扩张创造了对沙子的高需求,影响了区域市场,并导致出口禁令.
- 该国面临着海平面上升带来的重大威胁,需要昂贵的适应战略.
研究的目的:
- 批判性地检查新加坡的海平面上升缓解战略,特别是长岛等土地回收项目.
- 在这些项目的背景下,分析"弹性神奇主义"的概念.
- 通过"颗粒性套利"来调查对沙子采购的潜在依赖.
主要方法:
- 对新加坡的海岸防御政策和拟议项目进行定性分析.
- 探讨采购沙子用于土地回收的地缘政治影响.
- 对沿海适应应用的"弹性"进行批判性话语分析.
主要成果:
- 新加坡对修复土地以适应海平面上升的承诺很大,涉及大量的金融投资.
- 拟议的长岛项目体现了对工程和基于自然的解决方案的关注,这些解决方案掩盖了基础资源依赖.
- 该策略严重依赖于通过全球市场获取沙子,这种做法被称为"颗粒性套利".
结论:
- 新加坡的弹性战略虽然被认为是适应性的,但其根深蒂固于资源获取,特别是沙子.
- 专注于可见的"弹性神奇主义"掩盖了其沙子采购的不可持续性和潜在的不稳定性.
- 未来的沿海适应战略必须解决土地回收的基本资源需求和地缘政治后果.
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