The Amazon River Forest: A Natural History of Plants, Animals, and People
An investigation, based on both fieldwork and historical sources, of changing land use practices in the Amazonian floodplain forest.
floods
The Great Flood of Paris
Disaster Ahead: How Danube Floods Created Telegraph Networks
Arcadia, 2012, no. 7
Flood Disaster in Pakistan
The Great Flood of 1962 in Hamburg
Arcadia, 2012, no. 6
Constuction of the Hoover Dam Completed
The main function of the dam is flood control and the production of energy.
Regions:
Istvan Praet on "Natural Catastrophes"
Istvan Praet, Carson Fellow from July to December 2011, talks about the perception of catastrophes among the Chachi, the Amerindian inhabitants of Esmeraldas, a lowland region on the Pacific coast.
"Introduction," Environment and History 9, no. 2, "Natural Disasters and their Perception" special issue (May 2003)
Only in recent times have serious historical studies been published about floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, storm tides, forest-fires, and other natural disasters and their effects on human life.
Expecting Disaster: The 1963 Landslide of the Vajont Dam
Arcadia, 2011, no. 8
"The Paradox of Discourse Concerning Deforestation in New Zealand: A Historical Survey"
While many saw the landscape transformation which followed the European settlement of New Zealand as firmly within the prevailing ‘doctrine of progress,’ this transformation was viewed with misgivings by others, who observed how deforestation led to erosion and floods, and advocated more prudent forest management.