Advantages Of Artificial Island

Artificial islands can be characterized as floating states. The eruptive spread of the creation of artificial islands in the end of the 20th century created the need of the adoption of laws which will regulate the use of them and the circumstance under which such islands can be created. There are multiple methods of creation of artificial islands such as the expansion of already existing islets, the land reclamation, which is basically one way to create new land in the ocean and poldering which purpose is the extension of territorial jurisdiction and the exploitation of the surrounding land. An example of a polder is the Flevopolder islands in the Netherlands.One of the methods of land reclamation is drained reclamation which suggests the putting

Sometimes countries try to avoid the application of the legal framework and they want to extend their national territory without taking into consideration some potential prohibitions or restrictions. That causes a problem since the site selection of a potential artificial island also depends on the legal framework and if countries avoid its limitation conflicts may arise. A suitable example is the situation in the South China Sea which will be analyzed

Processes like land reclamation can cause serious damages to the corals, reefs and to the marine environment in general and is also very costly. Furthermore, artificial islands are exposed to waves, winds, underwater currents, tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes etc. which threaten their existence since they are foreign constructions and their location was not naturally created for such reasons. Thus, artificial islands should be able to deal with such an extreme weather