"Water, Food and the Economy"
This article presents and discusses the papers presented at the 5th IWHA Conference under the theme ‘Water, Food and the Economy’.
This article presents and discusses the papers presented at the 5th IWHA Conference under the theme ‘Water, Food and the Economy’.
The remote Easter Island was settled around 900 by Polynesians who built hundreds of giant stone statues and completely deforested the island before their society underwent a dramatic collapse. Although controversy exists regarding the exact cause of this collapse, the story of Easter Island has unsettling parallels with modern resource issues.
This article discusses how the understanding of the key concepts and the links between health, water, and sanitation has changed over time.
The focus of this paper is on identifying some of the key elements of water policy and governance presented at the 5th IWHA Conference ‘Pasts and Futures of Water.’ The paper also explores the challenges and opportunities facing the international community for living up to the principles of democratic water governance in a context of increasing global uncertainty.
This editorial note introduces the four major conference themes of the 5th International Water History Association (IWHA) Conference ‘Pasts and Futures of Water’ in June 2007: (i) water, health and sanitation; (ii) water, food and economy; (iii) water and the city; and (iv) water governance and policy.
This paper explores the history of trees and scientific forestry in South Africa and how it changed southern African hydrologies.
After the World Bank provisions required the privatization of Bolivia’s water system in return for economic assistance, high water prices and the effective monopoly over water rights spurs residents to organize, mobilize, and combat the legislation.
Sin la intención de proveer una reseña exhaustiva sobre los temas de la historia ambiental urbana, la historia del agua, la historia de los residuos y la historia de Bogotá, ofrecemos algunas sugerencias de lectura tomando como referencia la literatura que consideramos más influyente para esta exposición.
Historia ambiental urbana
Saúl Ordúz, Chorro de Padilla, 1979
Saúl Ordúz, Chorro de Padilla, 1979
At the beginning of the twentieth century public water fountains were installed across the city to bring free water to citizens. This photograph shows one of them: the Chorro de Padilla, a colonial water fountain that poured freshwater from the mountain of Monserrate, one of the mountains from the Cordillera Oriental near Bogotá.
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Las fuentes primarias textuales usadas para esta exposición incluyeron artículos en revistas científicas, revistas de variedades y periódicos, así como libros, tesis y manuales escritos principalmente por médicos, ingenieros, periodistas y funcionarios públicos pertenecientes a la élite intelectual de Bogotá. Las reglamentaciones municipales expedidas por el Concejo Municipal de Bogotá, la Dirección Nacional de Higiene, la Junta Central de Higiene y el Departamento de Urbanismo de Bogotá, también fueron importantes para la investigación.