The review of an introduction to environmental history by an historical geographer and of a comprehensive account of the Valasian bisses with directions for twenty one walks, the work of a former British consul in Geneva.
This essay traces the development of the physical and cultural infrastructure of colonial flood control in the Indus valley.
As Czechoslovakia’s communist planners continually increased norms for power and coal production in the 1950s through 1970s, the sprawling surface mines of the north Bohemian brown coal basin expanded voraciously, swallowing 116 villages and parts of several larger cities by 1980.
The authors take Shucheng County as a case study to reconstruct the variations of population and land use in the last 500 years, and to examine their influence on the environmental changes in this region.
A history of constructed and designed landscapes in the United States’ national parks.
In this book, David Biggs explores the actual uses of land and water in Vietnam through its troubled history.
Agnoletti and Corona provide the background on this issue.
The aim of the present study is to investigate changes in the channel morphology and land use of the lower part of the Dyje River floodplain as a result of river engineering works.
Numerous cartographic and written historical sources tell the story of the measures Vienna’s dynamic Danube riverscape underwent in an extensive effort to secure navigation between the main river arm and the city within the last 500 years.
Andrew Dobson considers the contribution that a biocentric perspective might make to the ethical debate concerning the practice of genetic engineering.
