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

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

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Business GeneralEnvironmental StudiesMarine Life

ISBN10: 364214778X
ISBN13: 9783642147784
Publisher: Springer
Published: Feb 4 2011
Pages: 790
Weight: 2.80
Height: 1.80 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
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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