Creating Safety, Courting Disaster on the Lower Shinano River, Japan
Arcadia, Autumn 2017, no. 26
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The Australia Day Floods, January 1974
Arcadia, Summer 2017, no. 15
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.
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.
A Legacy of Brisbane’s Benchmark Floods of 1893: Creating Dam Dependence
Arcadia, Spring 2017, no. 9
A Milestone on the Road to Independence? Singapore’s Catastrophic 1954 Floods
Arcadia, Autumn 2016, no. 13
"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.
Lake Delton Dam Disaster
An artificial lake in the US state of Wisconsin drains into the Wisconsin River after days of heavy rainfall, damaging a popular tourist area.
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“Duff’s Ditch”: The Red River Floodway of Winnipeg
Following catastrophic flooding of the Red River in 1950 in Winnipeg, citizens demanded a more permanent solution to flooding control in the city. The result was the Red River Floodway, a feat of engineering affectionately referred to as “Duff’s Ditch”.
The Thames Barrier: London's Moveable Flood Defense
Arcadia, 2014, no. 15