Macro-Engineering: A Challenge for the FutureV. Badescu, R.B. Cathcart, R.D. Schuiling Springer Science & Business Media, 27 mai 2007 - 318 pagini 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 inhabitant's 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. |
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2 | 21 |
Solar | 31 |
Wind Parks Mariculture Nutrients from Organic Waste Streams | 45 |
5 | 52 |
Mitigation of Anthropogenic Climate Change | 65 |
Space Towers | 121 |
Nth Degree | 150 |
Cable AntiGravitator Electrostatic Levitation and Artificial Gravity | 175 |
Planetary MacroEngineering Using Orbiting Solar Reflectors | 215 |
Stellar Engines and the Controlled Movement of the Sun | 251 |
A New Agenda | 280 |
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