A Legacy of Brisbane’s Benchmark Floods of 1893: Creating Dam Dependence
Brisbane’s 1893 floods shaped water policy in southeast Queensland, creating a dependency on dams.
Brisbane’s 1893 floods shaped water policy in southeast Queensland, creating a dependency on dams.
Brisbane’s 1974 floods substantially damaged Brisbane, accelerating the government’s plans for a second flood mitigation dam.
A map of the 1974 flood in Brisbane, Australia.
Fedor Yakovlevich Alekseev’s painting of Karuselnaya square (now Teatralnaya square) during the 1824 flood.
This painting by Leander Russ depicts a rescue operation during a flood in Vienna in 1847.
The urbanization of Bangalore transformed the once-strong relationship between communities and the lakes that they once created and maintained.
This article investigates the transformation of Bangalore’s Dharmambudhi lake into the central bus terminus.
The water shop was a crucial part of the traditional water supply system in imperial and early modern China.
As Australian cities face uncertain water futures, what insights can the history of Aboriginal and settler relationships with water yield?
In this Springs article, environmental historian Shen Hou considers the shore lives of both Qingdao and Los Angeles.