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procrastinating2much — The Fall to the Sea, 2055
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Published: 2018-05-02 12:56:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 7029; Favourites: 147; Downloads: 207
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A final map of Britain, based on a world where worst-case scenario climate change has caused sea levels to rise by 30 meters.This is an updated version of this map, which overall is pretty similar - procrastinating2much.deviantar…
Most changes are the addition of city maps, language map, flags, more focused timeline (more about climate change, less about robots), and the Scottish Isles, which I had cut out because I was lazy
On the right of the map is a timeline of the events which led to the current map in 2055, also showing in the background a graph of the rising sea levels. This is to be read from bottom (2010) to top (2055).
A bunch of the new towns I tried to name after historical figures, regions, or nearby features. Coastal refugee camps (populated by people fleeing flooded areas like Yorkshire or the Fens) have more casual names as they have been named by people founding them, not the government. After the sea level rise, political parties mostly turn Green, with the Green party dominating politics. The Green Party typically are less interested in military, hence the "Leave NATO" thing later along in the timeline.
DISCLAIMER: Although I tried to keep the controversial parts of this map relatively unexplained in the timeline ("Windsor Scandle" and reemerging Troubles) to avoid focusing on any messages besides the obvious "don't do fossil fuels kids", they are themes which are present in this idea of the future (leading to an English Republic and United Ireland). This stuff in no way reflects my political views (trying to predict the a possible perhaps unlikely view of the future), and I am in no way attempting to make any political statement by this map, other than climate change is bad. Do I think this is how the UK will end up? Probably not, 30m sea level rise is a lot, but it's a worst case scenario idea of how such a change would affect the UK. So take it all with a pinch of salt! And recycle pls
Sources are Floodmap.net, Google Maps, and a bunch of basemaps. Made using Inkscape. I'm going to continue with this by doing other countries as well, but first I want to try and get a world map done! Let me know if you have any feedback or any ideas for what would happen to other countries!
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Why does the new English flag Look Hungary's flag?
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Did you use any GIS software to find the changes in terrain as a result of sea rise? I am learning Arcmap as a Student in Surveying, and have seen it used to map out situations like this. All in all, this is both intriguing, and worrying, as it possibly could happen if we don't get our act together.
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I see...We haven't learned QGIS at present, but it sounds interesting!
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It seems odd to have a Middlesex that doesn't even include any of the historical Middlesex region (even the 'greater Middlesex' that some say was around in the 4th century, which went as far north as Luton).
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See New East Kilbride. I've been thinking about this for some time. East Kilbride is on a massive hill. It seems to snow there half the year. I doubt most of 'Old East Kilbride' would particularly be under threat from rising sea levels. What would be quite interesting, and makes more sense is see posh Whitecraigs and Newton Mearns? Whitecraigs is a massive hill. The area is filled with bungalows. If you wanted a new settlement, much to the upset of the local residents, you could easily fill that place.
Likewise, with Paisley. Paisley is on a flood plain and its all pretty flat. I imagine the centre would move to somewhere like Linwood, Johnston, etc, where it's far more hilly. Greenock has no chance though, it floods all the time! But behind it is a rather large hill range, like Loch Thorn and the likes. You could migrate some of those towns in-land a bit. Likewise for Ayr, on a floodplain, but there's nearby hills, so moving inland would be advisable. But I'd imagine a great deal of the population would just move to nearby Kilmarnock.
If Scotland is feeling particularly ambitious, there's tons of unused land in the valleys of Galloway Forest Park. Suitable for smaller new towns. For example, now that Dumfries is an island, you could build a town at the mouth of that river, somewhere near Drumlanrig Castle, I imagine.
Also Gaelia is a very odd name for the Outer Hebrides/Western Isles/Na h-Eileanan Siar. Especially since the first Gaels in modern-day Scotland were in Argyle.
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The new town of Llywelyn which is a very unusual name for a Welsh town, Tryweryn would be more appropriate due to the river. It also located where the village of Fron Goch stands today which has a lot of history.
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It’s named after a national hero. I imagine in this future Wales sees a rise of nationalism. By their independence, they want to commemorate national hero’s such as Llywelyn the Great.
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If you were to imply the rise of Welsh nationalism and as a Welshman myself and a history buff it's more likely for a new town to be named 'GLYNDŴR' after 'Owain Glyndŵr, the last leader of an independent Wales (1400-1422) and is remembered and commemorated today than any leader on the 16th of September.
The latest mountain on the Carneddau range in Snowdonia was named 'Gwenllian' after 'Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn' or 'Gwenllian of Wales', Llywelyn(the Last) and Eleanor(de Montfort) only daughter which Eleanor died in childbirth.
A few months after Gwenllian's birth, north Wales was encircled by the English army of King Edward I. On 11 December 1282 her father, 'Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf'(Llywelyn, Our Last Leader), was assassinated. Gwenllian was taken and placed in the Gilbertine Priory at Sempringham, where she was detained behind its high walls until her death at the age of 54.
In committing her to a nunnery, Edward's plan was not only to prevent her from marrying and having sons who might lay claim to the Kingdom of Wales but also to hide her away, unknown to the outside world.
Dafydd ap Gruffudd (Llywelyn's brother) was Prince of Wales from 11 December 1282 until his execution on 3 October 1283 by King Edward I of England. His sons Llywelyn and Owain were imprisoned then later executed, their sister Gwladys was taken to the same nunnery as her cousin Gwenllian.
Edward I took the title of "Prince of Wales" for the Crown, bestowing it upon his son, Edward, at a Parliament held in Lincoln in 1301 at the age of seventeen. The title is still given to the heir apparent to the British crown to this day.
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Hate to be pedantic about a fantastic map, but surely you mean that the *United Kingdom* was dissolved... not Great Britain. GB is the big island, hence the nation's name being "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".
...also, how high is that sea barrier to protect central London? 
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Thank you! Yeah but with a Northern Irish unification before UK dissolution then the UK would just exist on Great Britain, so by this time the two would be pretty much interchangeable!
The sea barrier would probably have to be up to 20 meters in parts, which is a huge feat of engineering and it’s cost is why NHS was stopped for a while in the timeline! And yeah, the Thames is quite a vital part of London, so a small bit of the sea would be allowed to pass through the barrier to recreate the water.
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Even if a good chunk of yorkshire will sink, am sure we'll make good use of the areas lost.
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I've shared this on Facebook, I hope you don't mind. I've credited you, of course. Us Scots are thrilled that much of our country remains intact but the union hasn't.
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Yeah sure! This wasn't meant to be political though haha, but you can use it if you want
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We'll grasp at any straw. It's very popular, but most of my friends are environmentalists and pretty gloomy about the future. I'm more optimistic about the Green Party than another commenter, but I'm a member. There you go, politics again. I don't know when to stop. 😂
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Hahah that’s alright, I hope they like the map then! 😂
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But I'm having doubts about the green party getting more that 3 MPs
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It's unlikely today, but I'm thinking if sea levels were really beginning to harm the country people might want to vote green!
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Nah green are more political than ecological these days
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when I'm 18 I'm going to Scotland to do an exchange or go along with my parents and my sister, hugs.
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Nice! It's great over here! Hope you have a good time
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A most excellent alternative map! I like the broad strokes of history alongside the rising tide graph.
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