“‘Cool and Tasty Waters’: Managing Naples’s Water Supply, c. 1500–c. 1750”
In this article, David Gentilcore writes about the water supply of Naples, Italy, in the early modern period.
In this article, David Gentilcore writes about the water supply of Naples, Italy, in the early modern period.
An edited volume environment and infrastructure in the late middle ages to our days.
In this article, David Gentilcore writes about the Venetian cistern-system and its a success as a technology for treating rainwater.
Hsuan Hsu’s Air Conditioning explores questions about culture, ethics, ecology, and social justice raised by the history and uneven distribution of climate controlling technologies.
Joseph Adeniran Adedeji shows how the cultural meaning of Yoruba heritage sites signify hope for a harmonious coexistence between society and the nonhuman world.
Daniel Dumas interviews Elspeth Oppermann on handling heat in a changing climate, with a focus on how heat affects work environments.
Emmanuelle Roth and Gregg Mitman write about how capitalism fragments nature to create value. Such fragments can precipitate biodiversity loss.