Photograph of Golillas Dam in Colombia, 1982
The Golillas Dam, one of the works of the Chingaza Páramo project, was the largest infrastructural project in the history of water supply for Bogotá during the twentieth century.
The Golillas Dam, one of the works of the Chingaza Páramo project, was the largest infrastructural project in the history of water supply for Bogotá during the twentieth century.
In addition to depicting a phase of the channelization works of the San Francisco River, this image shows Bogotá’s urban landscape, with the Eastern Mountains in the background and trees such as eucalyptus, pines and cypress along the river.
Umwelt als Ressource highlights the interaction and co-evolution of modern industry and the environment, using the example of the German paper industry in Saxony.
Brisbane’s 1893 floods shaped water policy in southeast Queensland, creating a dependency on dams.
Brisbane’s 1974 floods substantially damaged Brisbane, accelerating the government’s plans for a second flood mitigation dam.
Wasser correlates the control of water supply with power in a comparative collection of articles on water in ancient, early modern, and modern states.
In 1947, inhabitants of Yakutsk gained access to potable groundwater from below the permafrost layer for the first time.
Susan Lawrence and Peter Davies discuss the environmental consequences of water-resource infrastructures created during the gold rush in Victoria.
This article examines mobilization and resistance against pollution in the Alviela River in the Santarém municipality, Portugal, since the 1950s.
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