A Letter to the Citizens of Hangzhou
Environmental historian Fei Sheng, a native of Hangzhou, addresses this city’s citizens to consider balancing economic growth with environmental protection while expressing hope for Hangzhou’s future.
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Dear Little Rock: The Ironic Plot in Civil Rights and Environmental Historiography
Nicole Seymour reflects on leaving Little Rock, exploring the city’s civil-rights legacy alongside present challenges, and draws lessons on struggle and hope.
“Walking a Sicilian River”
Anthropologist Paolo Gruppuso and geographer Erika Garozzo ruminate on the life of Sicily’s largest but now disappearing river—the Simeto.
Interview with Thom van Dooren, author of The Wake of Crows: Living and Dying in Shared Worlds
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, former RCC visiting scholar Thom van Dooren interviewed on his recent book, The Wake of Crows: Living and Dying in Shared Worlds.
The Eclipse of Urbanism and the Greening of Public Space
In this book, Mark Luccarelli pushes past unproductive mind/body debates by rooting the rise of environmental awareness in the political and geographical history of the US.
Exploring City Wetlands: Small Resilient Unruly (Story Map)
Interactive story map by Paolo Gruppuso on urban ecologies in Latina, Italy.
“Roots through Asphalt: A Conversation with Sonja Dümpelmann”
In this Springs article, landscape historian Sonja Dümpelmann and Rachel Carson Center editor Pauline Kargruber discuss plants in an urban environment.
Interview with Matthew Gandy, author of Natura Urbana: Ecological Constellations in Urban Space
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Matthew Gandy is interviewed on his recent book, Natura Urbana: Ecological Constellations in Urban Space .
Interview with Pavla Šimková, author of Urban Archipelago: An Environmental History of the Boston Harbor Islands
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Pavla Šimková is interviewed on her recent book, Urban Archipelago: An Environmental History of the Boston Harbor Islands.
The Swamp of East Naples: Environmental History of an Unruly Suburb
Excerpt from the The Swamp of East Naples.