Macro-Engineering A Challenge for the Future /

Macro-engineering involves the large-scale modification and manipulation of natural systems for the benefit of mankind. The primary goals of some Earth-based macroprojects described in this book are power production, land reclamation, food production, climate change, environment, water, transport an...

Πλήρης περιγραφή

Λεπτομέρειες βιβλιογραφικής εγγραφής
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Badescu, Viorel (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Cathcart, Richard B. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Schuiling, Roelof D. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
Σειρά:Water Science and Technology Library, 54
Θέματα:
Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
LEADER 03570nam a22005055i 4500
001 978-1-4020-4604-9
003 DE-He213
005 20151204154623.0
007 cr nn 008mamaa
008 100301s2006 ne | s |||| 0|eng d
020 |a 9781402046049  |9 978-1-4020-4604-9 
024 7 |a 10.1007/1-4020-4604-9  |2 doi 
040 |d GrThAP 
050 4 |a GE300-350 
072 7 |a RNF  |2 bicssc 
072 7 |a TEC010000  |2 bisacsh 
082 0 4 |a 333.7  |2 23 
245 1 0 |a Macro-Engineering  |h [electronic resource] :  |b A Challenge for the Future /  |c edited by Viorel Badescu, Richard B. Cathcart, Roelof D. Schuiling. 
264 1 |a Dordrecht :  |b Springer Netherlands,  |c 2006. 
300 |a XIV, 318 p.  |b online resource. 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
347 |a text file  |b PDF  |2 rda 
490 1 |a Water Science and Technology Library,  |x 0921-092X ;  |v 54 
505 0 |a Geo-Engineering and Energy Production in the 21st Century -- Mineral Sequestration of CO2 and Recovery of the Heat of Reaction -- Large-scale concentrating solar power (CSP) technology -- Wind parks, mariculture, nutrients from organic waste streams, CO2 sequestration: A fruitful combination? -- A Macro-project to Reduce Hurricane Intensity and slow Global Sea Level Rise -- Mitigation of Anthropogenic Climate Change Via a Macro-Engineering Scheme: Climate Modeling Results -- A Dual Use for Space Solar Power -- Space Towers -- Extreme Climate Control Membrane Structures -- Cable Anti-Gravitator, Electrostatic Levitation and Artificial Gravity -- Planetary Macro-Engineering Using Orbiting Solar Reflectors -- Stellar Engines and the Controlled Movement of the Sun -- Macro-Engineering in the Galactic Context. 
520 |a Macro-engineering involves the large-scale modification and manipulation of natural systems for the benefit of mankind. The primary goals of some Earth-based macroprojects described in this book are power production, land reclamation, food production, climate change, environment, water, transport and coastal protection. Other Earth or space projects considered here have a more futuristic ring, but our present-day technical skill makes their realization possible. Earth-based macroprojects usually combine different aspects and aims. They have a major impact on the ecology of a region and the inhabitants' means of living (like tourism, fishing, shipping). Its effects may be felt worldwide, like the rise in global sea level after the damming and evaporation of large ocean gulfs for power production, or the change in climate following the regional reduction of solar insolation. Audience: This book will be of interest to researchers involved in macroprojects and students of Natural Sciences and Engineering. 
650 0 |a Environment. 
650 0 |a Nature. 
650 0 |a Engineering. 
650 0 |a Environmental management. 
650 1 4 |a Environment. 
650 2 4 |a Environmental Management. 
650 2 4 |a Engineering, general. 
650 2 4 |a Popular Science in Nature and Environment. 
700 1 |a Badescu, Viorel.  |e editor. 
700 1 |a Cathcart, Richard B.  |e editor. 
700 1 |a Schuiling, Roelof D.  |e editor. 
710 2 |a SpringerLink (Online service) 
773 0 |t Springer eBooks 
776 0 8 |i Printed edition:  |z 9781402037399 
830 0 |a Water Science and Technology Library,  |x 0921-092X ;  |v 54 
856 4 0 |u http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4604-9  |z Full Text via HEAL-Link 
912 |a ZDB-2-EES 
950 |a Earth and Environmental Science (Springer-11646)