This collection of essays traces the century-long effort by Canada and the United States to manage and care for their ecologically and economically shared rivers and lakes, offering critical insights into the historical struggle to care for these vital waters.
Environmental activism in the 1960s forced the Army Corps of Engineers to limit the open-water dumping of dredge spoils in the Great Lakes and create new “natural” areas along the shore.
Digital tools reveal a geographic logic to the violence of Pontiac’s War.
This article investigates the transformation of Bangalore’s Dharmambudhi lake into the central bus terminus.
An account of the 1795 mass drowning on Lough Derg in Ireland’s County Donegal.
Ismaning Reservoir: A Wastewater Lake changes its Feathers? At the Ismaning Reservoir, approximately an hour by bike northeast of Marienplatz, the interplay between humans and nature is evident. It is not possible to swim in the lake. But it does more than just store water for Munich’s power generation facilities. It also provides a habitat for many species.
This paper examines the historical waterscapes of Bengaluru, now imperilled by development.
Excerpt from Border Flows, an anthology edited by Lynne Heasley and Daniel Macfarlane.
Excerpt from the anthology Place and Nature: Essays in Russian Environmental History.
This article explores the nature of remembering as a lake, with a lake, or through a lake; the differential relationships, knowledge, and perspectives contained within; and the potentially troubling implications found at the intersection of scientific and humanistic perspectives on lake being.
