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The Hub’s Archipelago: The Connected Histories of Boston and Its Harbor Islands
The natural-looking Boston Harbor Islands have been shaped by the city of Boston for centuries, making them into urban islands.
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The Consequences of “Flying Sands” in the Cávado River Mouth (1700–1750)
In the first half of the eighteenth century, the Portuguese Atlantic coast was affected by windblown sands moving from the ocean to inland areas.
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The Trees of Tavrichesky Garden: Forgotten Actors in the Politics of Cultural Landscape
This case in St. Petersburg, Russia, proves vegetation to be an actor in state politics of cultural landscapes.
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Plastic Milk Bags and the Abandonment of a Hungarian Wood Pasture
The introduction of plastic milk bags transformed parts of the Hungarian landscape.
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Disconnectivity in the Age of Globalization: Coastal Ecology, Telegraphy, and Empire in the Sunda Strait, 1863–1883
This article examines the environmental implications of Dutch nineteenth-century attempts to establish a telegraph connection across the Sunda Strait.
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Capital Seeds and Hybrid Landscapes: Between Varied Landraces and Monotonous Technological Objects
This article discusses the intimate connection between seeds and landscapes through networks of non-corporate farmers, experts, politicians, and agricultural companies.
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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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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.