Content Index

Metamorphosis of a Waterway: The City of Nijmegen Embraces the River Waal

Nijmegen’s “Room for the Waal” project is a leading example for the application of the “making room for the river” water management approach.

“Imagining Rivers: The Aesthetics, History, and Politics of American Waterways. A Conversation Between Lawrence Buell and Christof Mauch”

Full article.

“The Uruguay River: A Permeable Border in South America”

Full article.

“‘Down Beside Where the Waters Flow’: Reclaiming Rivers for American Studies (Introduction)”

Full article.

“Unequal Knowledge: Justice, Colonialism, and Expertise in Global Environmental Research”

Full article from ICEHO’s series “Notes from the Icehouse.”

The Swamp of East Naples: Environmental History of an Unruly Suburb

Excerpt from the The Swamp of East Naples.

Death and Life of Nature in Asian Cities

Death and Life of Nature in Asian Cities explores the encounter between two processes that are unfolding in diverse patterns across Asia.

Interview with Bruce Clarke, author of Gaian Systems: Lynn Margulis, Neocybernetics, and the End of the Anthropocene

In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Bruce Clarke is interviewed on his recent book, Gaian Systems: Lynn Margulis, Neocybernetics, and the End of the Anthropocene.

Defending the Arctic Refuge: A Photographer, an Indigenous Nation, and a Fight for Environmental Justice

Excerpt from Defending the Arctic Refuge: A Photographer, an Indigenous Nation, and a Fight for Environmental Justice.

An Environmental History of the Civil War

Excerpt from An Environmental History of the Civil War.

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