Are these the answer to the threat of rising sea levels? One architect believes floating cities could offer a safe haven for people who have lost their homes to flooding.

Rather than building up our city's defences with dams, architect Vincent Callebaut has put forward an alternative future for the victims of rising water if current climate change predictions take affect.

The floating ecopolis, inspired by Amazonian lilypads, are designed to be completely self-sufficient in both power and water, through solar power, wind turbines and rainfall collection.

Would you live on one of these?

Here are a few pictures below.

This is a really good idea though i think i would be worried about the problem of it floating away or if a storm comes. I think these things should be invented now not later because the ice caps are melting faster than we think and this is one of the best ideas yet for us to survive on this planet.

Thats what i was wondering what holds it down lol. Would be cool though, Wizz (a member of ego-web forums) said that it would be better if people lived under the sea i think that would be a better idea maybe. What do you think?

yeah i guess so yeh . its cool lookin tho looks like summin ud see in a movie

Yeah i really hope i will be alive to see something like this it would be amazing! they say they can build these right now, they have the technology.

Since these citys float it would be cool if you could just take it anywhere in the world.

That's all well in good but what about all the unfortunate people (like me) who get sea sick!?

Don't think of us do you!?

Haha lol jokes.

great idea but one big storm n it wood sink..... dnt fink would be good for those who have ornaments. the waves would knock em of the side board lol