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: 9783662519387
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-3-662-51938-7
- Verlag: Springer
- Erscheinungstermin: 23.08.2016
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2011
- Serie: Environmental Science
- Produktform: Kartoniert, Previously published in hardcover
- Gewicht: 1235 g
- Seiten: 790
- Format (B x H x T): 155 x 235 x 45 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt