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DOI	10.1504/IJESD.2013.054956
	Macro-engineering Australia's Lake Eyre with imported seawater
	Badescu, Viorel; Cathcart, Richard B.; Bolonkin, Alexander A.; Paulescu, Marius; Gravila, Paul
通讯作者	Badescu, V
来源期刊	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
ISSN	1474-6778
EISSN	1478-7466
出版年	2013
卷号	12 期号:3 页码:264-284
英文摘要	The macro-engineering project proposal exploits technologies that have the potential to quickly enliven the arid region surrounding Lake Eyre. The plan is focused on biosaline agriculture. The distinctive macro-project components are: Lake Eyre is gradually filled to a higher level by controlling evaporation and by pumping seawater from the nearby ocean using cheap tensioned textile tubes. Most of the necessary energy could be produced by photovoltaics, in a very attractive application without electricity storage requirements. Eventually, Lake Eyre is to be lidded with a floating impermeable plastic cap or with buoyant hollow plastic balls that reduce evaporation. Filled with seawater, Lake Eyre can be used as a reservoir for irrigation in biosaline agriculture. Elementary mathematical models for the proposed tasks and rough macro-economical estimations are presented. Based on overall results, we concluded that the macro-project is feasible with existing technologies and could become profitable in a few decades. But beyond paying off the capital investment, the greatest implementation benefit is the prospect of creating conditions for human settlement in the low-fertility soils of the Lake Eyre basin. Additional research directions are briefly presented.
英文关键词	Australia Lake Eyre macro-engineering evaporation control imported seawater photovoltaic cells biosaline agriculture
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000436593000004
WOS关键词	WATERBIRDS ; DESERT
WOS类目	Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/330569
作者单位	[Badescu, Viorel] Univ Politehn Bucuresti, Candida Oancea Inst, Spl Independentei 313, Bucharest 060042, Romania; [Badescu, Viorel] Romanian Acad, Bucharest 010071, Romania; [Cathcart, Richard B.] Geographos, Burbank, CA 91506 USA; [Bolonkin, Alexander A.] C&R, Brooklyn, NY 11229 USA; [Paulescu, Marius; Gravila, Paul] West Univ Timisoara, Dept Phys, Timisoara 300223, Romania
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Badescu, Viorel,Cathcart, Richard B.,Bolonkin, Alexander A.,et al. Macro-engineering Australia's Lake Eyre with imported seawater[J],2013,12(3):264-284.
APA	Badescu, Viorel,Cathcart, Richard B.,Bolonkin, Alexander A.,Paulescu, Marius,&Gravila, Paul.(2013).Macro-engineering Australia's Lake Eyre with imported seawater.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT,12(3),264-284.
MLA	Badescu, Viorel,et al."Macro-engineering Australia's Lake Eyre with imported seawater".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 12.3(2013):264-284.