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Was Capitalism the Crisis? Mount Lebanon’s World War I Famine
Mount Lebanon’s distinctive environmental history accounts for its susceptibility to famine.
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The 1096 Eichō Earthquake and Tsunami
The 1096 Earthquake and Tsunami extensively damaged coastal communities, but it was the shock to the capital that mattered more.
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Mining and Environmental Destruction in Minas Gerais: A Historical Comparison
Historical documents indicate that the disasters caused by mining in Brazil are a reality since the eighteenth century.
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The Sidoarjo Mudflow and the Muddiness of an Environmental Disaster
This article describes an ongoing environmental disaster in Indonesia, where a mud volcano has been inundating an ever-increasing area.
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How a Catastrophic Flood of the Gürbe River Triggered the Rethinking of Local Flood Protection
From channelizations to renaturations—the catastrophic flood of the Gürbe River in July 1990 prompted profound changes in approaches to flood protection.
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Remembering the Night of Noah: Flood Memory and Townsville's Floods of 1998 and 2019
Flood memory in Townsville is strong, but this does not align with the city’s capacity to live sustainably with floods.
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Creating Safety, Courting Disaster on the Lower Shinano River, Japan
Engineering the Lower Shinano River in northeastern Japan expanded the risk of other flood and tsunami damage.
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Plague, Paleogenetics, and the Boundaries of the Discipline of History
This article examines the implications of the discussions surrounding the Justinianic Plague for the discipline of history.
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New York Harbor and the Vicious Circle of the Winter of 1917–1918
Severe winter weather in 1917–1918 paralyzed New York Harbor impacting logistical operations for the Allies in World War I.
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A Killer Air: Delineating Disaster in Mexico City
A noxious air forces Mexico City to confront its unwavering urbanizing and industrializing mission in the late twentieth century.