City, Country, Empire: Landscapes in Environmental History
A collection of essays addressing the collaboration of human and natural forces in the creation of cities, the countryside, and empires.
A collection of essays addressing the collaboration of human and natural forces in the creation of cities, the countryside, and empires.
Roger Paden presents a critical analysis of Hare’s article “Contrasting Methods in Environmental Planning.”
Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac has enthralled generations of nature lovers and conservationists and is indeed revered by everyone seriously interested in protecting the natural world.
In ¡Vivan las Antipodas!, award-winning documentary filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky visits four rare inhabited regions of the world that are antipodal to other landmasses and creates unexpected images that turn our view of the world upside-down.
Melosi analyzes the Emerald City in L. Frank Baum’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to highlight how limited perspectives on urban greenness once were.
Zhen Wang’s photo essay explores in detail how nearly 40 years of urbanization and rapid economic development have transformed the past, present, and future of the Yi population and of China’s rural and cultural landscapes.
Wilko Graf von Hardenberg discusses the ways water management policies shaped the landscape of his childhood during the years of the Fascist regime in Italy.
Wilko Graf von Hardenberg percorre a ritroso i paesaggi della sua infanzia e riflette sulle politiche di gestione delle acque durante gli anni del regime fascista in Italia.