"The Rivers Come: Colonial Flood Control and Knowledge Systems in the Indus Basin, 1840s–1930s"
This essay traces the development of the physical and cultural infrastructure of colonial flood control in the Indus valley.
This essay traces the development of the physical and cultural infrastructure of colonial flood control in the Indus valley.
The authors take Shucheng County as a case study to reconstruct the variations of population and land use in the last 500 years, and to examine their influence on the environmental changes in this region.
Numerous cartographic and written historical sources tell the story of the measures Vienna’s dynamic Danube riverscape underwent in an extensive effort to secure navigation between the main river arm and the city within the last 500 years.
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.
Engineering the Lower Shinano River in northeastern Japan expanded the risk of other flood and tsunami damage.
The 2019 flooding of Townsville in northern Australia proved that Queensland’s dry tropical environment is a temperamental master.