The Sand of Caparica: A History of Human Intervention in a Beach-Dune System (Story Map)
Interactive story map by the DUNES Project.
ecosystems
EHL VideoDictionary: Biodiversity
Donald Hughes on biodiversity. This is an entry in the KTH EHL VideoDictionary.
Dune(s): Fiction, History, Science (Story Map)
Interactive story map on Frank Herbert’s book Dune and coastal history.
La vita tra i giganti: tradurre l’ecologia nella storia attraverso gli studi sulla montagna
Claudio de Majo mostra come la nozione di beni comuni, spesso analizzata da una prospettiva economica, possa anche essere interpretata in connessione ai cicli ecologici delle montagne della Sila in Italia e della Serra Gaucha in Brasile.
Life Among the Giants: Translating Ecology into History through Mountain Studies
Claudio de Majo argues that the notion of the commons, often seen as an economically motivated notion, could also be seen in relation to metabolic cycles, both in the mountains of Sila in Italy and in the uplands of the Serra Gaucha in southern Brazil.
“Challenging the Environmental History of the Cerrado: Science, Biodiversity and Politics on the Brazilian Agricultural Frontier”
This article presents an overview of the environmental history of the Brazilian Cerrado, its environmental characteristics and the processes related to the historical change in the landscapes of this endangered ecosystem.
“Imperilled Waterscapes: The Social-Ecological Transformation of Lakes in Bengaluru”
This paper examines the historical waterscapes of Bengaluru, now imperilled by development.
American Tropics: The Caribbean Roots of Biodiversity Science
Excerpt from the book American Tropics: The Caribbean Roots of Biodiversity Science by Megan Raby.
From Nature to Infrastructure: Vallisaari Island in the Helsinki Archipelago
Arcadia, Summer 2020, no. 28
"Pooling Expert Opinion on Environmental Discounting: An International Delphi Survey"
The authors examine the issues related to environmental discounting in cost-benefit analyses on projects of environmental impact by using a Delphi survey of a worldwide panel drawn from specialists.