Macro-engineering Seawater in Unique Environments - Arid Lowlands and Water Bodies Rehabilitation (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2011)


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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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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Product Details

General

Imprint

Springer-Verlag

Country of origin

Germany

Series

Environmental Science and Engineering

Release date

August 2016

Availability

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

2011

Editors

,

Dimensions

235 x 155 x 42mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

790

Edition

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2011

ISBN-13

978-3-662-51938-7

Barcode

9783662519387

Categories

LSN

3-662-51938-0



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