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Ecopolitical Space in a Riverine Landscape of South Asia
The article shows how ecological and geographical features influence the configuration of political space within a region.
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Limits of the Landscape: A Waste Incinerator for Zurich’s Countryside
How does a waste incinerator take part in the production of a Swiss landscape?
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The Bishnoi: Revisiting Religious Environmentalism and Traditional Forest and Wildlife Management in the Thar Desert
This article traces how Bishnoi religious beliefs have informed environmental activism as well as present-day forest conservation and wildlife-protection strategies in the Thar Desert, India.
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Winter Water and Mobility in Early Modern Amsterdam
During the Little Ice Age’s harsh winters, frozen waterways posed challenges and opportunities in the Dutch Republic.
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What Living in Space Teaches Us about Living on Earth
To live among the stars always meant solving the down-to-earth problem of sustainable waste management.
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The Colonial Roots of the Kangaroo Controversy
This article situates contemporary debates over kangaroo-population management within Australia’s violent history of settler-colonial occupation and attendant environmental transformations.
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Expecting Disaster: The 1963 Landslide of the Vajont Dam
On October 9, 1963, a landslide above the Vajont Dam created a wave that destroyed several villages in the valley, killing about 2,000 people. Opinion as to whether to interpret the disaster as natural or one caused by human error remains divided.
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Bitten by Success: Conflicts Over Tourism Revenue and Natural Resources at Komodo National Park
The expanding popularity of Komodo National Park has engendered conflicts over access to its resources and tourism revenue.
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A Laboratory for the Implementation of "Wilderness" in Central Europe—The Bavarian Forest National Park
The Bavarian Forest National Park, situated in South-Eastern Germany along the boundary with the Czech Republic, was established as the country’s first national park in October 1970.
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An Endless Sediment Story: The First Five Decades of the Canal de Marseille
The Canal de Marseille has allowed an improvement in the water supply in the city of Marseille, but also induced environmental issues in its first decades due to strong suspended sediment fluxes.