Demands and challenges for construction of marine infrastructures in China

The oceans are crucial to human civilization. They provide core support for exploitation and utilization of marine space, resources, and energy. Thus, marine infrastructures are vital to a nation’s economic sustainable development. To this end, this article first describes the main challenges in cur...

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Veröffentlicht in:Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering 2022-05, Vol.16 (5), p.551-563
Hauptverfasser: Li, Huajun, Liu, Yong, Liang, Bingchen, Liu, Fushun, Wu, Guoxiang, Du, Junfeng, Hou, Huimin, Li, Aijun, Shi, Luming
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Zusammenfassung:The oceans are crucial to human civilization. They provide core support for exploitation and utilization of marine space, resources, and energy. Thus, marine infrastructures are vital to a nation’s economic sustainable development. To this end, this article first describes the main challenges in current ocean utilization, and then reviews the China’s ocean engineering progress. As such, six major sectors are evaluated: 1) global climate change and marine environment, 2) comprehensive utilization of marine space, 3) marine transportation infrastructure interconnection, 4) ocean clean energy development and maricultural facilities, 5) ecological crisis and marine engineering countermeasures, and 6) marine infrastructure operation safety and maintenance. Finally, perspectives on future directions of ocean utilization and marine infrastructure construction in China are provided.
ISSN:2095-2430
2095-2449
DOI:10.1007/s11709-022-0839-8