Engineering Earth The Impacts of Megaengineering Projects /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brunn, Stanley D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Physical geography.; Engineering design.; Environment.; Development economics.; Human geography.; Social Sciences.; Human Geography.; Engineering Design.; Physical Geography.; Development Economics.; Environment, general.

This is the first book to examine the actual impact of physical and social engineering projects in more than fifty countries from a multidisciplinary perspective. The book brings together an international team of nearly two hundred authors from over two dozen different countries and more than a doze...

Table of Contents:

• I: Introduction
• II: GIS, ICT's and K-Economies
• III:Agriculture, Fishing and Mining Projects
• IV: Energy and Industrial Projects
• V: Transportation Projects
• VI: Construction Companies and Corporation Strategies
• VII: Megafacilities, Designs and Architecture
• VIII: Tourism, Recreation and Amenity Landscapes
• IX: Reconstructing and Restoring Nature
• X: River Diversion and Coastal Reclamation Projects
• XI: Dams
• XII: Military, Security, and Risk Landscapes
• XIII: Sociallly Engineered Landscapes
• XIV: Political Organization of Space
• XV: Earth and Planetary Engineering.