"The Rivers Come: Colonial Flood Control and Knowledge Systems in the Indus Basin, 1840s–1930s"
This essay traces the development of the physical and cultural infrastructure of colonial flood control in the Indus valley.
This essay traces the development of the physical and cultural infrastructure of colonial flood control in the Indus valley.
The review of an introduction to environmental history by an historical geographer and of a comprehensive account of the Valasian bisses with directions for twenty one walks, the work of a former British consul in Geneva.
The completion of the original Aswan Dam fundamentally changes Egypt’s irrigation system.
The disaster affects Tokyo, Yokohama, and vast parts of the Japanese island of Honshu.
The instability of a dam project near the town of Lorca in North Spain causes an inundation killing nearly 1000 people.