Wilderness and Waterpower: How Banff National Park Became a Hydroelectric Storage Reservoir
This book explores how the need for electricity at the turn of the century affected and shaped Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada.
This book explores how the need for electricity at the turn of the century affected and shaped Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada.
The authors compare the administrative regulations and actions aimed at protecting and conserving isolated wetlands in ten states along the Mississippi River corridor. They highlight the necessity for reliable data for at-risk wetlands to foster conservation practices.
By using the term “fluid,” this article critically interrogates western ontologies of “solid” (land) and “liquid” (flowing waters).
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.
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Rita Brara and María Valeria Berros argue for the importance of a legal recognition of rivers. “What we want for rivers now is an institution that can be entrusted with their environmental protection on a global scale.”