Macro-Engineering Seawater in Unique Environments: Arid Lowlands and Water Bodies Rehabilitation - Rilegato

 
9783642147784: Macro-Engineering Seawater in Unique Environments: Arid Lowlands and Water Bodies Rehabilitation
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ISBN 10: 364214778X ISBN 13: 9783642147784
Casa editrice: Springer Nature, 2011

Sinossi

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.

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Contenuti

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.

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Editore
Springer Nature
Data di pubblicazione
2011
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
364214778X
ISBN 13 
9783642147784
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
790
Redattore
Badescu Viorel, Cathcart Richard B.
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
CMN Printpool Inh. Mathis Neumann
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9783662519387: Macro-engineering Seawater in Unique Environments: Arid Lowlands and Water Bodies Rehabilitation

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  3662519380 ISBN 13:  9783662519387
Casa editrice: Springer Nature, 2016
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