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<h2 id="projects">Projects</h2> <p>Macro engineering examples include the construction of the <a href="/facts/Panama_Canal/Tau1ccDe">Panama Canal</a> and the <a href="/facts/Suez_Canal/1zYoNryp">Suez Canal</a>. </p> <h2 id="planned-projects">Planned projects</h2> <p>Examples of projects include the <a href="/facts/Channel_Tunnel/qTu1Un9Q">Channel Tunnel</a> and the planned <a href="/facts/Strait_of_Gibraltar_crossing/KAxkjaY2">Gibraltar Tunnel</a>. </p><p>Two intellectual centers focused on macro-engineering theory and practice are the Candida Oancea Institute in <a href="/facts/Bucharest/4xQnsGwM">Bucharest</a>, and The Center for Macro Projects and Diplomacy at <a href="/facts/Roger_Williams_University/UVN58n0b">Roger Williams University</a> in <a href="/facts/Bristol%2c_Rhode_Island/Ayapxa83">Bristol, Rhode Island</a>. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Afforestation/b8sP61Ms">Afforestation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Agroforestry/9qkylP0W">Agroforestry</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Atlantropa/msJGNREL">Atlantropa (Gibraltar Dam)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Analog_forestry/5Q7NW4n3">Analog forestry</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bering_Strait_bridge/p3Xr93RF">Bering Strait bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Buffer_strip/LM48jf4m">Buffer strip</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Biomass/4VHjaya3">Biomass</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Biomass_(ecology)/A5rDsUax">Biomass (ecology)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Climate_engineering/yo7WTpGe">Climate engineering</a> (Geoengineering)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Collaborative_innovation_network/LfCMA9R4">Collaborative innovation network</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Deforestation/L1TNhN9p">Deforestation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Deforestation_during_the_Roman_period/ctmbWlYv">Deforestation during the Roman period</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ecological_engineering/SM73oeDA">Ecological engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ecological_engineering_methods/SM73oeDA">Ecological engineering methods</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ecotechnology/DWcfgb6M">Ecotechnology</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Energy-efficient_landscaping/EcW4n4ss">Energy-efficient landscaping</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Forest_gardening/99NHU3ux">Forest gardening</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Forest_farming/KwB4U53B">Forest farming</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Great_Plains_Shelterbelt/9QUwBxDE">Great Plains Shelterbelt</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Green_Wall_of_China/YaKk7ccx">Green Wall of China</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/IBTS_Greenhouse/dFCAp0dY">IBTS Greenhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Residential_garden/n2TIDXJs">Home gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Human_ecology/jUe1VzN6">Human ecology</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Megascale_engineering/UTahCsLT">Megascale engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Permaculture/auIYtKK3">Permaculture</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Permaforestry/99NHU3ux">Permaforestry</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sahara_Forest_Project/ErLsP0TE">Sahara Forest Project </a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Qattara_Depression_Project/F62KQcdP">Qattara Depression Project</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Red_Sea_dam/clgDzdsK">Red Sea dam</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sand_fence/cV1z2QT3">Sand fence</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Seawater_Greenhouse/l4x1B5Te">Seawater Greenhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sustainable_agriculture/XLdTEVAC">Sustainable agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Terraforming/ny4dMbl1">Terraforming</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Windbreak/Qyynpea8">Windbreak</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Wildcrafting/e2dtf20N">Wildcrafting</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Frank P. Davidson and Kathleen Lusk Brooke, BUILDING THE WORLD: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE GREAT ENGINEERING PROJECTS IN HISTORY, two volumes (Greenwood Publishing Group, Oxford UK, 2006)</li> <li>V. Badescu, R.B. Cathcart and R.D. Schuiling, MACRO-ENGINEERING: A CHALLENGE FOR THE FUTURE (Springer, The Netherlands, 2006)</li> <li>R.B. Cathcart, V. Badescu with Ramesh Radhakrishnan, (2006): <i><a href="http://textbookrevolution.org/files/Cathcart-MacroEngineersDreams.pdf">Macro-Engineers' Dreams</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131024194701/http://textbookrevolution.org/files/Cathcart-MacroEngineersDreams.pdf">Archived</a> 2013-10-24 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a></i> PDF, 175pp. Accessed 24 May 2013</li> <li>Alexander Bolonkin and Richard B. Cathcart, Macro-Projects (NOVA Publishing, 2009)</li> <li>Viorel Badescu and R.B. Cathcart, Macro-engineering Seawater (Springer, 2010), 880 pages.</li> <li>R.B. Cathcart, MACRO-IMAGINEERING OUR DOSMOZOICUM. (Lambert Academic Publishing, 2018) 154 pages.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050825114952/http://www.nae.edu/nae/bridgecom.nsf/weblinks/NAEW-4NHMFF?OpenDocument">Engineering and the Future of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080113194551/http://www.popularmechanics.com/megaengineering">Megaengineering at Popular Mechanics</a></li></ul>