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The Thames Barrier: London's Moveable Flood Defense
In 1975, construction began for the Thames Barrier, a moveable flood defense located on the River Thames, downstream of central London in the United Kingdom.
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Changing Landscapes and River Control | Neva and Danube Rivers
In this chapter of their virtual exhibition “‘Commanding, Sovereign Stream’: The Neva and the Viennese Danube in the History of Imperial Metropolitan Centers,” the authors examine the dynamic landscapes of the Neva and Danube Rivers, the ways they determine people’s lives and are also modified to secure people’s needs and protect them from flooding.
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"Ecological Restoration and Place Attachment: Emplacing Non-Places?"
In this paper the author discusses three possible alternative interpretations of the meaning of places and place attachment in ‘new nature’ projects, and shows how all three imply a different view on human identity and history.
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A Milestone on the Road to Independence? Singapore’s Catastrophic 1954 Floods
The flooding in Singapore in 1954 was one of the most significant floods on the island in the twentieth century.
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A Legacy of Brisbane’s Benchmark Floods of 1893: Creating Dam Dependence
Brisbane’s 1893 floods shaped water policy in southeast Queensland, creating a dependency on dams.
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The Australia Day Floods, January 1974
Brisbane’s 1974 floods substantially damaged Brisbane, accelerating the government’s plans for a second flood mitigation dam.
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Die Natur der Gefahr: Überschwemmungen am Ohio River im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert
Die Natur der Gefahr traces the history of the Ohio river, its significance for trade and industry, and its flooding disasters between the late eighteenth century through to the twentieth century.
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Die Hamburger Sturmflut von 1962: Risikobewusstsein und Katastrophenschutz aus zeit-, technik- und umweltgeschichtlicher Perspektive
Die Hamburger Sturmflut von 1962 is an in-depth historical study of the 1962 storm flood that devastated Hamburg and Germany. It compares the flood to others in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, while reflecting on the sociocultural and technological contexts of the time.
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Lithograph: Lena River, 1856
Lithograph by Leopold Niemirowski from Puteshestvie po vostochnoi Sibiri I. Bulychova (Bulychov’s Travels in Eastern Siberia), 1856.
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Map: The 1974 flooding of Brisbane
A map of the 1974 flood in Brisbane, Australia.