Macro-engineering Seawater in Unique Environments - Arid Lowlands and Water Bodies Rehabilitation (Hardcover, 2011 ed.)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Environmental Science and Engineering
Release date:	February 2011
First published:	2011
Editors:	Viorel Badescu • Richard Cathcart
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 46mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	790
Edition:	2011 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-14778-4
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > Environmental monitoring Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Hydrobiology > Marine biology Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability
LSN:	3-642-14778-X
Barcode:	9783642147784

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