Macro-Engineering: A Challenge for the Future (Water Science and Technology Library)

by V.Badescu (Editor), R.B.Cathcart (Editor), R.D.Schuiling (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2006

  $177.00

  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.