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Macro-engineering Seawater in Unique Environments

Arid Lowlands and Water Bodies Rehabilitation

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-3-642-14778-4
Verlag: Springer
Erscheinungstermin: 04.02.2011
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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.


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
Autoren/Hrsg.

Herausgeber

Living with Sea Level Change and Dynamic Landscapes.- The Red Sea - Dead Sea Canal.- The Sea Highway Macro-project.- Sediment Transport by Wind and Water.- Macro-engineering Lake Eyre with Imported Seawater.- The Bering Strait Seawater Deflector.