Inflatable 'Evergreen' dome settlements for Earth's Polar Regions

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-132

  Bolonkin, Alexander A ^a   Cathcart, Richard B ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial biosphere; Inflatable film building; Polar region houses; Solar energy concentrator

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE;

ARTIFICIAL BIOSPHERE; EARTH'S POLAR REGIONS; INFLATABLE FILM BUILDING; POLAR REGION HOUSES; SOLAR ENERGY CONCENTRATOR; SUNLIGHT REFLECTORS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 34248390162     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-006-0073-4     Document Type: Article

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