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21 APLPJ 1 (2019-2020)
"Artificial Islands" of the Future: The Seasteading Movement and the International Legal Regimes Governing Seasteads in EEZs and on the High Seas

handle is hein.journals/aplpj21 and id is 104 raw text is: Artificial Islands of the Future: The Seasteading Movement and the International Legal Regimes Governing Seasteads in EEZs and on the High Seas Ryan C. Schmidtke * I. SEASTEAD DEVELOPMENT AS A RESPONSE TO GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE....................1......................... II. SITUATING THE SEASTEAD MOVEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LAW ...................................... ....... 5 III. BACKGROUND ON THE SEASTEADING MOVEMENT AND THE FRENCH POLYNESIA FLOATING ISLANDS PROJECT ....................... 6 IV OPPOSITION TO AND CRITICISM OF THE PROJECT .................. 12 V LEGAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE FLOATING ISLANDS PROJECT ............ 13 VI. LEGAL CLASSIFICATION CASE STUDIES .................... ...... 15 VII. SHORT AND LONG-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TSI AND BLUE FRONTIERS ................................................ 24 I. SEASTEAD DEVELOPMENT AS A RESPONSE TO GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is clearly Ocean. - Arthur C. Clarke, Nature, 1990 The oceans of the world make up 97% of the planet's water and over 70% of Earth's entire surface area. 1 Throughout history humans have desired to collect, utilize, and harness water as an essential resource.2 Humans gradually adapted and took advantage of bountiful aquatic resources, initially as a means of necessity to build and control complex aqueduct infrastructure, and more recently for economic profit as water has * Ryan C. Schmidtke is an international law student at Stetson University College of Law in Saint Petersburg, Florida and is expected to graduate in May 2020. Mr. Schmidtke is also a graduate of East Carolina University with a background in history and Hispanic studies. 1 Nat'l Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin., How Much Water is in the Ocean?, NAT'L OCEAN SERV. (last updated June 25, 2018), https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/oceanwater.html. 2 A Brief History of Water and Health from Ancient Civilizations to Modern Times, INT'L WATER Ass'N PUBL'G, https://www.iwapublishing.com/news/brief-history-water- and-health-ancient-civilizations-modem-times (last visited Nov. 4, 2019).

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