"Water as a Weapon: The History of Water Supply Development in Nkayi District, Zimbabwe"
This paper argues that much historical and political analysis of Zimbabwe neglects a crucial resource: water.
This paper argues that much historical and political analysis of Zimbabwe neglects a crucial resource: water.
Ringbarking, as a means of destroying trees, was known and practised from the earliest years of British settlement in New South Wales…
This paper examines the historical development of three beaches, and the subsequent implications for the beaches during the inevitable big seas and cyclones. This coastal environmental history informs local coastal communities about the importance of foresight in protecting dune systems in their natural state.
Earthquakes occur along fault lines, sometimes with disastrous effects. These disturbances can significantly influence urban development, as seen in the aftermath of two earthquakes in Italy. Fault Lines follows the history of these places before and after their destruction, explores plans and developments that preceded the disasters, and the urbanism that emerged from the ruins.
This case study reflects China’s environmental governance as a constantly evolving structure within the “environment-politics-society” nexus.
Brisbane’s 1974 floods substantially damaged Brisbane, accelerating the government’s plans for a second flood mitigation dam.
The contributions in this volume explore the way that Australasian environments have been envisioned, worked, and changed in the past, and how ideas about places inform the present and future of the continent.
In this Special Commentary Section titled “Replies to An Ecomodernist Manifesto,” edited by Eileen Crist and Thom Van Dooren, Eileen Crist considers the Manifesto’s point as view as one of humanism and freedom.
Zhen Wang’s photo essay explores in detail how nearly 40 years of urbanization and rapid economic development have transformed the past, present, and future of the Yi population and of China’s rural and cultural landscapes.
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Malcolm Harris is interviewed on his recent book, Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World.