ISBN:
9783319411378
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (377 p)
Series Statement:
Environmental History v.7
Series Statement:
Environmental History Ser. v.7
Parallel Title:
Print version Joanaz de Melo, Cristina Environmental History in the Making : Volume II: Acting
DDC:
570
Keywords:
Life sciences
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Using Resources - Stories of Resources Exploitation in Time and Its Evolving in the Long Run -- Chapter 1: Agriculture and Livestock in Wetlands in the Bogota Plateau (Colombia), Eighteenth Century. Land Use and Wetland Management -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Region -- 1.3 Specialization -- 1.4 Altitudes Control -- 1.5 Hydraulic Infrastructure -- 1.6 Final Considerations -- References -- Primary Sources -- Contemporary Bibliography
Abstract:
Chapter 2: Modern Urban Development and Revolution in Mexico: Hydraulic Infrastructure in Chihuahua City During the Porfiriato (1892-1911) -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Origins of the Hydraulic Infrastructure in Chihuahua City -- 2.3 Infrastructure by Governor Ahumada -- 2.4 Infrastructure by Governor Creel -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Digging into Our Whaling Past: Addressing the Portuguese Influence in the Early Modern Exploitation of Whales in the Atlantic -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Iberian Roots of the Atlantic Shore-Based Whaling
Abstract:
3.3 Early Modern Whaling in the Atlantic Islands -- 3.4 American and Brazilian Whaling: The Start of a Long-Lasting Endeavor -- 3.5 Discussion -- References -- Chapter 4: Good Fisheries vs. Bad Fisheries: Ideological and Scientific Base for the Governmental Projects of Modernization of Russian System of Marine Harvesting in the Eighteenth Century -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Actors and Dates: The Projects Under Consideration -- 4.3 The Poor Land of Abundance: Russian Environment Seen Through the Projects -- 4.4 Dreams of Success: Practical Measures in the Projects
Abstract:
4.5 The Project by Ivan Lepehin and the Merchants of Archangelsk -- 4.6 Conclusion -- Part II: Transforming In Sito - Manipulating, Changing and Evolving Landscapes, Waterscapes, Airscapes (Classical Approach of Territorial Changes, Causes, Actors and Consequences) -- Chapter 5: Water Management and Dam Construction in the Italian South -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 The Case and the Challenges for Development of a Backward Area -- 5.1.2 The Project -- 5.2 Impact on the Physical Environment -- 5.3 Impact on Local Populations -- 5.4 Concluding Remarks
Abstract:
Chapter 6: From the City to the Dacha: Socio-cultural Factors Behind the Creation of St. Petersburg's Dacha Belt (Russia, Nineteenth/Early Twentieth Century) -- 6.1 Issues in the Urbanisation of St. Petersburg and the Middle Class -- 6.1.1 The Suburbanization Project and Clashes of Interests Around Urban Improvement in St. Petersburg -- 6.1.2 The Difficulties of Selecting a Sewage System Design -- 6.2 Development of the Dacha Space and the Middle Class -- 6.3 The Politicization of the Urban Improvement Issues -- 6.4 Conclusion -- References
Abstract:
Chapter 7: A Double Landscape Shaped by a Century of Logging Industry and Resort Development on Prahova Valley and the Surrounding Mountains
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