Flooded London: Maps and Visuals

Scene of the movie "The Flood" (2007) by Tony Mitchell

What would London look like if sea levels rose further? There are a numer of maps in the web which let you imagine in what extent different areas of London would/will be affected by the flood. Not all maps show the scenario of the Thames Barrier breaking and releasing tidal waters to the city centre which would have an even more dramatic impact.

Maps:

Environment Agency Flood Map
Type in your postcode and see if you were affected by the flood. 

A Google Maps Overlay


Global Warming Art Sea Level Explorer 

case study - sculpture

Nowadays, many media and newspapers are reporting problems of global environment and global warming. Artists and designers also had a strong interested in the problems, and tried to express oneself through their works. In the some pictures below, introduce a few works of them.

chinu-the black sea bream (yodogawa technique, 2007)
A few days ago, I have seen a documentary about seriousness of sea wastes. These wastes devastate ocean ecosystem and then we just eat fish and shellfish which were raised in the environments. The sea bream sculpture was made of wastes which were in the Gulf of Osaka.


overfishing-London Zoo (John Lord, 2007)
Recently, the world's appetite for fish is increasing, but at the same time, fish catches have leveled off worldwide and overfishing is threatening future supplies. The sculpture has a meanig about gread of a human.

Can't fly-City of Burnaby Eco-sculpture program for the 2009 World Police and Fire Games
The sculpture is eco design work to set up in urban park.

waterbird-London Wetland Center
The sculpture was made of used packing papers.