Vetenskap & teknik
Macro-engineering Seawater in Unique Environments
Viorel Badescu • Richard Cathcart
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The subjects refer to histories of ancient and modern use of seacoasts; possible macro-projects capable of massive changes in the coastlines of the Dead Sea, Red Sea and Persian Gulf caused by canal and massively scaled hydropower dam installations; relevant macro-projects for the Black Sea and Baltic Sea; possibilities of refreshment of the Aral Sea and Irans Lake Uremia with seawater or river freshwater importation macro-projects; potential rehabilitation of some vital arid zone regions now dominated by moving or movable surface granular materials using unique and unusual macro-projects; seawater flooding of land regions situated below present-day global sea-level; harnessing energy and obtaining freshwater from the worlds salt-laden ocean by modern industrial means; various macro-projects designed specifically for the protection (reduction of vulnerability) of particular Earth geographical regions.
- Format: Inbunden
- ISBN: 9783642147784
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 790
- Utgivningsdatum: 2011-02-04
- Förlag: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K