A Legacy of Brisbane’s Benchmark Floods of 1893: Creating Dam Dependence
Brisbane’s 1893 floods shaped water policy in southeast Queensland, creating a dependency on dams.
Brisbane’s 1893 floods shaped water policy in southeast Queensland, creating a dependency on dams.
In 1947, inhabitants of Yakutsk gained access to potable groundwater from below the permafrost layer for the first time.
This article examines mobilization and resistance against pollution in the Alviela River in the Santarém municipality, Portugal, since the 1950s.
Efforts to naturalize trout in German Southwest Africa capture German ambitions within its first and only settler colony.
In 1966, a stray beluga whale swimming up and down the polluted Lower Rhine caught the media’s attention in West Germany.
This article examines early twentieth-century China’s top-down scheme of managing rivers based on watershed.
Historical documents provide detailed descriptions of ice-jam flood events and climate impacts in riverine communities.
This article explores the intersection of water management, manomin, and food insecurity for an Anishinaabe community in Northwestern Ontario.
The history of the Danube regulation in the Austrian Machland during the nineteenth century shows the enormous efforts made to transform a dynamic river landscape into a navigable waterway and a stable floodplain that supports the various human demands.
Nijmegen’s “Room for the Waal” project is a leading example for the application of the “making room for the river” water management approach.