"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.
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Reviews of Einführung in die Umweltgeschichte, by Helmut Jäger, and of The Bisses of Valais: Man-made Watercourses in Switzerland, by Guy Brett
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.
Completion of the Aswan Dam
The completion of the original Aswan Dam fundamentally changes Egypt’s irrigation system.
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Great Kantō Earthquake
The disaster affects Tokyo, Yokohama, and vast parts of the Japanese island of Honshu.
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Johnstown Flood
Great Flood of Lorca
The instability of a dam project near the town of Lorca in North Spain causes an inundation killing nearly 1000 people.
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