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.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9783642147784
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-3-642-14778-4
- Verlag: Springer
- Erscheinungstermin: 04.02.2011
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2011
- Serie: Environmental Science
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 1404 g
- Seiten: 790
- Format (B x H): 155 x 235 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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