Macro-Engineering A Challenge for the Future /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Badescu, Viorel (Editor), Cathcart, Richard B. (Editor), Schuiling, Roelof D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Water Science and Technology Library, 54
• Subjects: Environment.; Nature.; Engineering.; Environmental management.; Environmental Management.; Engineering, general.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.

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...