Macro-engineering Seawater in Unique Environments

Arid Lowlands and Water Bodies Rehabilitation

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

Av 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 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

  • Utgivningsdatum2016-08-23
  • Mått155 x 235 x undefined mm
  • FormatHäftad
  • SpråkEngelska
  • SerieEnvironmental Science
  • Antal sidor790
  • FörlagSpringer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
  • ISBN9783662519387