Wasser: Alltagsbedarf, Ingenieurskunst und Repräsentation zwischen Antike und Neuzeit
Wasser correlates the control of water supply with power in a comparative collection of articles on water in ancient, early modern, and modern states.
Wasser correlates the control of water supply with power in a comparative collection of articles on water in ancient, early modern, and modern states.
This collection of essays traces the century-long effort by Canada and the United States to manage and care for their ecologically and economically shared rivers and lakes, offering critical insights into the historical struggle to care for these vital waters.
Alternative Futures brings together 35 essays on India’s future, written by a diverse set of authors: activists, researchers, media persons, those who have influenced policies, and those working at the grassroots. Divided into four sections—Ecological Futures, Political Futures, Economic Futures, and Socio-Cultural Futures—the book covers a wide range of issues including environmental governance, biodiversity, democracy and power, law, agriculture, pastoralism, industry, languages, learning and education, knowledge, health and sexuality among others.
Extract from Nina Munteanu’s Water is…—a book on the meaning of water.
Excerpt from Border Flows, an anthology edited by Lynne Heasley and Daniel Macfarlane.
A collection on the environmental history of the Middle East that covers five broad themes: agriculture and pastoralism; water; nature and culture; marine environments, and environmental monitoring.
Excerpts from the book Yangzi Waters: Transforming the Water Regime of the Jianghan Plain in Late Imperial China by former RCC fellow Yan Gao.