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Macro-engineering Seawater in Unique Environments

E-bok, Engelska, 2011

Macro-engineering Seawater in Unique Environments

Av Richard Cathcart, Viorel Badescu

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Beskrivning
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 Iran’s 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 world’s salt-laden ocean by modern industrial means; various macro-projects designed specifically for the protection (reduction of vulnerability) of particular Earth geographical regions.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2011-02-09
  • Format: E-bok
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Förlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  • ISBN: 9783642147791
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