Macro-engineering Seawater in Unique Environments - Arid Lowlands and Water Bodies Rehabilitation

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.

List of contents

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Assisted by: Viore Badescu (Editor), Viorel Badescu (Editor), Cathcart (Editor), Cathcart (Editor), Richard Cathcart (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783662519387
• ISBN: 978-3-662-51938-7
• No. of pages: 790
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 44 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 1252 g
• Illustrations: XXXIX, 790 p.
• Series: Environmental Science; Environmental Science and Engineering; Environmental Science and Engineering; Environmental Science; Environmental Science and Engineering / Environmental Science
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; B, Sustainability, Water, Sustainable Development, Environmental Social Sciences, Earth and Environmental Science, Freshwater, Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Marine sciences, Environmental Monitoring, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis