The Sewage Sinkhole of Guatemala City
In 2010 a sinkhole in Guatemala City collapsed due to negligent sewer pipe regulations, claiming the lives of 15 people and swallowed a small factory.
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Broadsheet: “The Great Waters,” January 1682
An account of the destruction in Nuremberg by major flooding along the Pegnitz River.
The 1969 Flood and Coastal Erosion on Cape Pitsunda
Arcadia, 2014, no. 13
The St. Petersburg Flood of 1824
Arcadia, 2014, no. 7
The Disappearing of Tuvalu—Trouble In Paradise
This film focuses on the threat of global warming and rising sea levels in the South Pacific Island State of Tuvalu.
Rivers in History: Perspectives on Waterways in Europe and North America
This book presents one of the first comparative histories of rivers on the continents of Europe and North America in the modern age. The contributors examine the impact of rivers on humans and, conversely, the impact of humans on rivers.
“The Monster Swallows You”: Disaster Memory and Risk Culture in Western Europe, 1500–2000
About this issue
In this issue of RCC Perspectives, Christian Pfister examines disaster memory and risk culture. In contrast to the memory of war, the memory of natural disaster is markedly short-lived in a globalized world, yet such memory should be preserved in order to minimize the impact of similar disasters in the future.
Content
Natural Missouri: Working With the Land
Napier Shelton offers a tour of notable natural sites in Missouri through the eyes of the people who work with them.
St. Petersburg and Its Backbone: The Neva River as Gateway to Europe and the Sword of Damocles
A Venetian Island: Environment, History and Change in Burano
Based on ethnographic and archival data, this in-depth study of the Venetian island of Burano shows how its inhabitants develop their sense of a distinct identity.