Macro-engineering Seawater in Unique Environments

Arid Lowlands and Water Bodies Rehabilitation

Viorel Badescu, Richard Cathcart (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

XXXIX, 790 Seiten

2016 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2011
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
9783662519387 (ISBN)

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In addition to new and original concepts in a key field of study, this book describes several large-scale projects involving seawater management, arid lowlands and salt-water body rehabilitation that have already been examined and reported in the literature.

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.

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.

Erscheinungsdatum	01.07.2016
Reihe/Serie	Environmental Science
Reihe/Serie	Environmental Science and Engineering
Zusatzinfo	XXXIX, 790 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	1252 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
	Wirtschaft
Schlagworte	Drylands • Earth and Environmental Science • Environmental monitoring • Geo-engineering • Heliohydropower • In situ Resource Utilization • Limnology (freshwater) • macro-engineering • Marine & Freshwater Sciences • marine and freshwater sciences • Marine & Freshwater Sciences • Monitoring/Environmental Analysis • sustainability • sustainable development • The Environment
ISBN-13	9783662519387 / 9783662519387
Zustand	Neuware