Macro-engineering Seawater in Unique Environments
. Ed(S): Badescu, Viorel; Cathcart, Richard
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Hardback. 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. Editor(s): Badescu, Viorel; Cathcart, Richard. Series: Environmental Science and Engineering / Environmental Science. Num Pages: 829 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSPM; RNF; RNU; TQD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1404.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
829
Condition
New
Series
Environmental Science and Engineering / Environmental Science
Number of Pages
790
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642147784
SKU
V9783642147784
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Ref
99-15
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