21st Century Maritime Silk Road: Construction of Remote Islands and Reefs

• Main Authors: Zheng, Chongwei (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Li, Chongyin (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Wu, Hailang (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Wang, Min (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Oceanography,
• Subjects: Oceanography.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Renewable energy resources.; Ocean engineering.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Offshore Engineering.

This book focuses on the construction of remote islands and reefs in the Maritime Silk Road. Firstly, it analyzes the functions, necessity and difficulties of the construction of remote islands and reefs; then provides corresponding countermeasures. According to the urgent demand of electricity and...

Table of Contents:

• Necessity, Difficulties and Countermeasures of Important RemoteIslands and Reefs Construction
• Wave and Wind Energy Boost the Construction of Important RemoteIslands and Reefs
• Wind Energy Resource Assessment in the Gwadar Port
• Climatic Trend and Prediction of the Wind Energy in the Gwadar Port
• Wind and Wave Energy in the Important Waters of the South China Sea
• Feasibility of Wind Power and Wave Power Generation in the South China Sea
• Wind Climate and Wave Climate in the Remote Island of the South China Sea
• Wind-sea, Swell and Mixed Wave Energy
• Wind Climate Under the Demand of Island Runway Construction.