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The Politics of Riverine Rights

Environmental Struggles in Aotearoa New Zealand, Colombia and India

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Serier serie Routledge Studies in Environmental Justice
This edited collection is based on comparative ethnographic research and explores the concept of riverine rights in Aotaroa New Zealand, Colombia and India where rivers have been declared legal persons: the Whanganui River, Río Atrato, the Ganga and the Yamuna.The cases drew significant attention from academia and the wider public, as examples of the rights of nature in practice. This book ... Læs mere

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af Elisa Cozzarini ...

«Nelle valli alpine colpite dallo spopolamento, abbandonate, si alzano voci contrarie, gruppi e comitati di cittadini che non ci stanno a farsi portare via l'acqua, anima del paesaggio montano. È stata la loro passione, la caparbietà nel difendere i più piccoli e inaccessibili corsi d'acqua, a trascinarmi in questa lunga avventura sulle Alpi, durata quasi un anno. Ho percorso le rive di più di ... Læs mere

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Serier serie Routledge Environmental Humanities
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Redigeret af Peter van der Sleen, James S. Albert ...

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Redigeret af Chris D. Metcalfe, Pablo Collins, Mirta L. Menone, José G. Tundisi ...

Serier serie Earthscan Series on Major River Basins of the World
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Redigeret af Nathanial Matthews, Kim Geheb ...

Serier serie Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
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af Ani Dee ...

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af Nathália Bandeira ...

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The River That Flows Uphill (Revised Edition)

af William H. Calvin ...

A Journey from the Big Bang to the Big Brain. "Parallel journeys of mind-boggling proportions a 225-mile raft tour of river runners, and an expertly guided trip back through time to trace our origins. As the author explores such natural wonders as fossils, waterfalls, rapids and stars, he visits nearly every popular science topic… Presented as a day-by-day and mile-by-mile diary, offers intriguing ... Læs mere

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The Untamed River and the Life It Brings

af James C. Scott ...

Serier serie Yale Agrarian Studies Series
James C. Scott reframes rivers as alive and dynamic, revealing the consequences of treating them as resources for our profitRivers, on a long view, are alive. They are born; they change; they shift their channels; they forge new routes to the sea; they move both gradually and violently; they can teem (usually) with life; they may die a quasi-natural death; they are frequently maimed and even ... Læs mere

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af Clive Holden ...

Serier serie River
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River Monsters

Picture and Fact Book for Kids

af Speedy Publishing ...

River monsters are part of modern folklore. Those who believe that myths are something that exist only in the far distant path are incorrect. Anyone who knows a little bit about modern river monsters knows they are the root of 20th and even 21st century cryptozoology myths. For children, reading about these amazing creatures, both ones we know exist and those that are pure fantasy, opens many ... Læs mere

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River monsters are part of modern folklore. Those who believe that myths are something that exist only in the far distant path are incorrect. Anyone who knows a little bit about modern river monsters knows they are the root of 20th and even 21st century cryptozoology myths. For children, reading about these amazing creatures, both ones we know exist and those that are pure fantasy, opens many
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Beyond Control

The Mississippi River’s New Channel to the Gulf of Mexico

af James F. Barnett Jr. ...

Serier serie America's Third Coast Series
Beyond Control reveals the Mississippi as a waterway of change, unnaturally confined by ever-larger levees and control structures. During the great flood of 1973, the current scoured a hole beneath the main structure near Baton Rouge and enlarged a pre-existing football-field-size crater. That night the Mississippi River nearly changed its course for a shorter and steeper path to the sea. Such a ... Læs mere

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The Politics of Riverine Rights

RADICI LIQUIDE

Key Concepts in Water Resource Management

Unlocking the Secrets of Rivers, Lakes, Oceans and Trees

Witness to Water

Exploring Interstitiality with Mangroves

Wisconsin Waters

The Hudson

Managing Basin Interdependencies in a Heterogeneous, Highly Utilized and Data Scarce River Basin in Semi-Arid Africa

Trout Tracks

Rivers

Borne by the River

The Boundless River

Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas

The Paraná River Basin

By the River

Hydropower Development in the Mekong Region

Autobiography of the Rivers

Qualidade Da Água E Barragens Do Semiárido Pernambucano

The River That Flows Uphill (Revised Edition)

In Praise of Floods

River Medway

River Monsters

Beyond Control