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Wild Earth 10, no. 2
Wild Earth 10, no. 2 is dedicated to US national parks and protected areas. It also features articles by John Muir on anthropocentrism and James Morton Turner on early American environmentalism.
What Would Indigenous Taxonomy Look Like? The Case of Blandowski's Australia
In 1862, Wilhelm von Blandowski produced The Encyclopedia of Australia as a large visual atlas of 142 plates dedicated to a comprehensive representation of the continent Australia.
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.
Map: CB&Q map of Chicago, 1880
This 1880 map centered on Chicago displays the early CB&Q railroad route.
Sealing the Land: Recognizing Urban Developments in Past and Present Göttingen
Ansgar Schanbacher charts the history of urban development in Göttingen focusing on the degree to which previously green and fertile agricultural areas have been sealed due to the demands of industrial development.
Cementare la terra: lo sviluppo di Gottinga tra passato e presente
Ansgar Schanbacher ripercorre gli sviluppi urbani passati e recenti di Gottinga, soffermandosi sull’accelerazione del consumo di suolo che ha progressivamente visto sparire numerose aree agricole. Il futuro, però, potrebbe riservare sorprese.
EHL VideoDictionary: Landscape
Kenneth Olwig on landscape. This is an entry in the KTH EHL VideoDictionary.
Interview with Christina Gerhardt, author of An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Christina Gerhardt is interviewed on her recent book, Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean.
Mapping | Risk and Militarization
The cartography of nuclear bombings and nuclear waste can be understood and visualized in different ways depending on who is drawing the map. This is a chapter of the virtual exhibition “Representing Environmental Risk in the Landscapes of US Militarization” by literary scholar Hsuan L. Hsu.