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2010, Perceptions of Water in Britain from Early Modern Times to the Present: An Introduction
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Water and society: past, present and future2010 •
2010 •
A basic premise for this chapter and this volume is the notion that the way water flows through the landscape and in societies; the amount of falling rain and snow; their seasonal occurrence, duration and intra-annual variation; the types of rivers and the character of evaporation have affected all societies. Societies have always and everywhere adapted to, used, exploited and changed their water environments according to actors’ technological know-how, cultural traditions, and ideological and religious worldviews, but within the constraints and possibilities created by the very same water systems. Due to its permanent importance water has a dual role of far-reaching empirical as well as theoretical importance. Water and changes in water control played a central role in the rise of civilization, since it was artificial irrigation that increased productivity and created the surplus necessary for state administrations and division of labour to develop.
2015 •
Chapter 1. Title: "The need for a paradigm shift" This book addresses a major paradox: in spite of the innumerable confluences between society and water, the social significance of water has made surprisingly little impact on our contemporary understanding of human history and development. New discoveries about our planet, as well as developments in society and nature, demand a shift in how we think about the world, a reorientation of social science and historical research. This book, encouraged by a growing interest in the role of water in history and social development among historians, engineers, social scientists, politicians and the public at large, promises to open up radically new fields of social enquiry. It distances itself from powerful and conventional viewpoints on the relationship between nature and society and on how the distinction between the two has been drawn. It shows how a reorientation of the social sciences and historical research can happen, and proposes an approach that will enable us both to ask new and fruitful questions about social and historical issues, and to answer old questions in a more inclusive, non-reductionist way.
Journal of Global History
Why England and not China and India? Water systems and the history of the Industrial Revolution.2011 •
Global history has centred for a long time on the comparative economic successes and failures of different parts of the world, most often European versus Asian regions. There is general agreement that the balance changed definitively in the latter part of the eighteenth century, when in continental Europe and England a transformation began that revolutionized the power relations of the world and brought an end to the dominance of agrarian civilization. However, there is still widespread debate over why Europe and England industrialized first, rather than Asia. This article will propose an explanation that will shed new light on Europe's and England's triumph, by showing that the 'water system' factor is a crucial piece missing in existing historical accounts of the Industrial Revolution. It is argued that this great transformation was not only about modernizing elites, investment capital, technological innovation , and unequal trade relations, but that a balanced, inclusive explanation also needs to consider similarities and differences in how countries and regions related to their particular water systems, and in how they could exploit them for transport and the production of power for machines. Studies that aim to explain the origins of the modern world must be concerned with limitations and possibilities inherent in different types of waterscapes and river basins. Discharge patterns, precipitation variations, and silt loads in rivers all matter, as do diverse water management traditions and dominant ideas about water and water control. These issues are crucial , because they strongly influenced the ability of governments and entrepreneurs to develop efficient transport systems and factory production. Although the Industrial Revolution relied on water for power and transport until the coming of the steam engine and the railways, comparative analyses of this transformative process have generally overlooked water landscapes, and water control achievements and traditions. By highlighting regional similarities and differences in complex and multifunctional water systems, it may be possible to à Scholars contributing to this research project are too numerous to be individually mentioned, but special thanks are due to my colleagues at the Centre for Advanced Studies, University of Oslo, and to Kenneth Pomeranz and Mark Elvin for their useful and constructive comments.
2016 •
This conference is the second of two, linked international conferences focused on the provision, management, use, and cultural meanings of water and its relationship to patterns of human culture, politics, technology, and socio-economic organization across geographies and chronologies. The conference will focus on two distinct themes: "Cultures of Water" and "The Effluent Society." The first conference will took place in mid-May 2016 and focused on the intersecting topics of Water and Power" and "Controlling Water." Through these four themes our program spans a broad range of vital and interconnected topics posed by "water." The conferences, held at the Mershon Center at the Ohio State University, will be run as workshops with papers distributed in advance to ensure the most productive discussions. Papers will be published either in edited volumes or special issues of environmental history journals.
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Cultural background and environmental context of water perception and use2010 •
Course Description: No substance better illustrates the challenges of sustainability—ecological, economic, and social—than freshwater. It is as vital to the functioning of earth’s ecosystems as it is to the health and wealth of the world’s human inhabitants. As well as being a resource in many ways, it is also a major hazard in such forms as floods and disease transmission. Some observers see the stresses imposed by rising demands and conflicting priorities for so versatile a substance leading to global conflict and disaster, others to relatively painless technological and institutional fixes. This course considers the natural and social processes (with primary focus on the latter) that shape water use both within and outside of the United States, including physical factors, technology, economics, culture, law, political systems, and ideologies. From this course, students will acquire a clearer understanding of the major human uses of water, their ecological and social consequences, and the key alternatives for managing those uses to make them more efficient, socially just, and environmentally-friendly.
2018 •
Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology
A Landscape of Consciousness: Toward a Taxonomy of Explanations and Implications - DOI & Abstract2024 •
Revista Salud y Cuidado
Cuidados paliativos en atención primaria de salud. Revisión narrativa en el contexto iberoamericano2023 •
2024 •
Studia Islamica, Volume 119: Issue 1
Hadith as Oral Literature through Early Islamic Literary Criticism, Studia Islamica, Volume 119: Issue 1, 34-69.2024 •
Γλωσσικές και πολιτισμικές ιστορίες μεταξύ Ελλάδας και Ιταλίας: Μελέτες για τα διακόσια χρόνια από την εθνική επανάσταση. Πρακτικά της Ημερίδας «Italoellenica. Συναντήσεις για τη γλώσσα και τη μετάφραση» (9 Νοεμβρίου 2021), Επιμέλεια Domenica Minniti-Γκώνια / Storie linguistiche e culturali fra l...
«Ο Κάλβος και ο Σολωμός στο σταυροδρόμι της Επανάστασης και της ιταλικής διαμόρφωσής τους»,E. Laflı, P. Liddel, A. Çetingöz, T. B. Mitford, New names, status and family sentiment in multi-ethnic Cappadocia, Τεκμήρια / Tekmeria
New names, status and family sentiment in multi-ethnic Cappadocia2023 •
Shania Maulydia Rahmah
P a g e IMPROVING SPEAKING SKILL USING DUOLINGO APPLICATION2019 •
HISTORIOGRAFÍA DEL MARESME. LA HISTÒRIA DE LA RECERCA HISTÒRICA, ARQUEOLÒGICA I ANTROPOLÒGICA DE LA COMARCA
EL PRIMER MANUAL DE ARQUEOLOGÍA EN CATALUÑA. EL FULL D'INSTRUCCIÓ ARQUEOLÒGICA DE LA ASSOCIACIÓ CATALANISTA D'EXCURSIONS CIENTÍFIQUES (1881)2023 •
AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications
Baseband implementation of OTR-UWB receiver using FPGA2010 •
Journal of Islamic thought and civilization
Rahmah among Muslim Leaders: The Case of Waqf Institutions2023 •
2016 •
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids
Theory and application of 3-D LSKUM based on entropy variables2002 •
2021 •
International Journal of Computing and Artificial Intelligence
Salt and pepper noise removal from images: An extensive analysisLasers in medical science
Unlocking the potential: laser surface modifications for titanium dental implants2024 •
Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences
Comparison of Nebulized vs Systemic Corticosteroids for Management of Children Presenting with Acute Exacerbation of AsthmaContributions to Geophysics and Geodesy
Comparison of anomalies in the VLF spectrum of the natural electromagnetic field with data from the seismometer in a landslide-affected area2024 •