The Watering of California's Central Valley
The agricultural landscape of California was based on a complex system of aqueducts that created the illusion of “normal” climatic variation.
The agricultural landscape of California was based on a complex system of aqueducts that created the illusion of “normal” climatic variation.
The construction of the Serre-Ponçon dam in 1955 was the first step in the development of dams in the Durance River, the most regulated waterway in France
Engineering the Lower Shinano River in northeastern Japan expanded the risk of other flood and tsunami damage.
Epidemic yellow fever plagued New Orleans due to a series of environmental and demographic changes enabled by the rise of sugar production and urban development.
This article investigates the transition of water supply in Bangalore, where wells were gradually replaced by piped water.
The urbanization of Bangalore transformed the once-strong relationship between communities and the lakes that they once created and maintained.
Virtual water is heralded as the solution to freshwater scarcity and overconsumption, but it oversimplifies global water flows.
The creation of the Niagara Telecolorimeter helped engineers physically remake Niagara Falls in the mid-twentieth century.
This article focuses on the contingent practices that constitute oyster aquaculture in contemporary Japan and the multiple forms of more-than-human entanglements that emerge as a result.
Between 1905 and 1912, experts on fisheries and hydraulic engineering collaborated in order to erect a fishway at the Hemelinger dam.