The construction of a giant dam across the Strait of Gibraltar, proposed by the Munich architect Hermann Sörgel (1885–1952), would have created the largest hydroelectric facility in the world.
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An on-the-ground view of working conditions in one of Chittagong’s shipbreaking yards provides insight into what happens to large ships at the end of their lives, and the people who dismantle them.
In this book, David Biggs explores the actual uses of land and water in Vietnam through its troubled history.
Traces the changing relationships between the fish resources and the people of the Great Lakes region.
Cultural eutrophication is a process, whereby an excessive increase in nutrients in inland waters occurs as a result of human activities. William McGucken’s book examines the causes and effects of this process with reference to Lake Erie.
An analysis of environmental policy in China with a focus on the regulation of water pollution.
An account of how national parks developed into one of the most important arenas of contention between native peoples and non-Indians in the twentieth century.
An environmental history of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil from pre-modern times to the late twentieth century.
An analysis of the challenges faced by grassroots campaigns in the United States, and the corporations they oppose.
An account of post-World War II conflicts, prompted by the arrival of two major timber companies in Earth’s largest coastal temperate rainforest: Tongass National Forest in southeastern Alaska.