Macro-Engineering

A Challenge for the Future
1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-90-481-6948-1
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 54, 318 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 532 g

Reihe: Water Science and Technology Library

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, 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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Badescu, V.

Schuiling, R. D.

Cathcart, R.B.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Populärwissenschaftliche Werke
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Allgemeines
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.