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Brismar, Anna, 'Environmental Considerations in the Planning of Large Dam Projects: A Study on Environmental Impact Statements and the Southeastern Anatolia Project', Ph.D. Univ. of Linköping, 2003 Abstract: Large dam projects have played a key role in supporting societal development in the past and continue to be launched, primarily in developing countries. However, large dam projects also cause extensive environmental impacts in the river system, which may reduce the river system's capacity to provide goods, services, and other values apart from those generated by the project. The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) has become a key instrument for enabling prevention, minimization, and mitigation of significant adverse environmental effects of major projects in early planning. In reality, the great potentials of the EIS are rarely fully utilized, which motivate further improvements. The objectives of this thesis are to examine the motives behind large dam projects and their impact om project planning, to identify shortcomings in EISs and other project-related reports regarding the extent to and manner in which potential environmental effects of large dam projects are attended to, and to suggest measures for how to improve the capacity of EIS. Keywords: environmental impact, sustainable development, Turkey, hydropower

Dahlberg, Annika, 'Geografisk landskapshistorisk forskning i södra Afrika: Relationer mellan ekologiska och sociala system', Värna, vårda, värdera, Umeå: Landskapet som arena, Univ. of Umeå, 2003 , 149-163 pp. Abstract: English title: Geographical Landscape History in Southern Africa: The relations between ecological and social systems
Abstract: With examples from southern Africa, this article argues the need of a historical perspective when evironmental problems of today are studied. Keywords: landscape history, Africa

Dupuy, Michel, Histoire de la pollution athmospherique en Europe et an RDA au XXe siecle, Paris: Harmattan, 2003 Abstract: English title: History of the Air Pollution in Europe and in East-Germany during the 20th century
Abstract: This book is about the air pollution in Europe during the twentieth century, which first was local problem, but soon became a global phenomenon. The second part of the book is about the GDR, a symbolic state when it comes to air pollution. This state had, during the 1950s, developed a real politics against air pollution, but were in the 1980s the state with the highest pollution rate in Europe. Keywords: air pollution, Europe, forest history

Friman, Eva, 'Ekologisk ekonomi - miljö, etik och rättvisa', Hela världen, Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2003 , 123-147 pp. Abstract: Ecological Economy: Environment, Ethics and Justice
Abstract: The first part presents the debate about growth during the 1960s and 1970s. Within this debate the contours of what were to become ecological economy can be seen, as well as its critic of the worldview of the conventional economics. Next section analyzes this critic and this is followed by an analyzis of the foundation and worldview of ecological economy. Keywords: ecological economy

Friman, Eva and Öckerman, Anders, Hela världen: Samhälleliga och kulturella perspektiv på miljökrisen, Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2003 Abstract: Heal the World: Social and Cultural Perspectives on the Environmental Crises
Abstract: The environmental crisis and the disussions about the environment are the starting point for the authors in this anthology. The articles deal with economical, political, religious, ethical and historical problems. Questions that are dealt with are, how can economists learn from the environmental problems? What is "green political theory"? Are there more or less eco-friendly religions? Keywords: environmental crises

Girel, J. Vautier F. Peiry J. L., 'Biodiversity and land-use history of the Alpine riparian landscapes (the example of the Isère river, France)', Multifunctional Landscapes: Continuity and Changes in Landscape, Southampton.: WIT-Press, 2003 Abstract: We present a regional land use history of the Isère river floodplain downstream of Albertville (France). The case study was representative of dyked hydrosystems of European piedmonts which currently exhibit two subsystems: a flooded alluvial area (inside the dykes) and a protected against floods area (outside the dykes). Our objectives were to develop a history of changes of functions, land covers and subsequent biological diversity during the last two centuries. The aim of the work was to use this history to understand how human activities have altered land cover and the ecological integrity of alpine floodplains, mainly since the development of civil engineering works (beginning of the 18th century). We compiled and interpreted available information on plant, agriculture, forestry, river engineering and various physical resources over time. Since the 18th century, 90% of the floodplain has been converted to crops, poplar plantations, gravel pits, roads and urbanised areas. For a small (1800 ha) but representative reach (the Isère/Arc rivers confluence), we examined more precisely the changes occuring within the riparian landscape. Today, riparian forests, wetlands and dry grasslands survive in small patches. Using historical reconstruction and mapping at four periods (by 1750, 1870, 1937, 2000) we show that these communities have colonised various and different areas over space and time. The major
perturbation was the diking- canalisation operation; it was followed by social and ecological changes promoted by agricultural and industrial technologies: hay and green manure production (man-induced flooding, up to 1890), various crops (drainage, 1890-1970), intensive monoculture of maize (allogenic fertilizers) and urbanisation (1970-2000). Understanding the biophysical changes that have occured in this region provides a useful starting point for outlining future research needs, establishing conservation goals, and targeting ecological efforts.

Hallström, Jonas, 'Constructing a Pipe-Bound City: A History of Water Supply, Sewerage, and Excreta Removal, Sweden 1860-1910', Ph.D. University of Linköping, Sweden, 2003 Abstract: In the mid- to late 19th century, modern pipe-bound water and sewer systems proliferated in European cities, a development that has sometimes been regarded as a necessary result of a sanitary awakening and the progress of science and technology. By analyzing the introduction and subsequent expansion of water, sewerage, and excreta collection on the local level, in the Swedish cities Norrköping and Linköping, this oversimplified picture is questioned. The main problematique of this dissertation is why piped water supply and sewerage were introduced in these two Swedish cities at this particular time in history, and why the systems were subsequently extended. The actor-network theory (ANT) is used as an analytical tool. In the local context issues of governance, economy, technology, public health, and environment were brought to a head, and, if anything stands out, it is the complexity of introducing new technology.
Despite the differences between Norrköping and Linköping in terms of topography and social and economic structures, the evolution of water supply and sewerage was on the whole similar. The existence of uniform scientific, technological, ideological, and cultural influences and of legislation at the national level, coupled with suburban growth, contributed to this development. There was more variation in excreta collection, because of the differences between the cities. Poor sanitary conditions, a river sensitive to pollution, and a strong public health network caused Linköping to introduce sanitary regulations much earlier than Norrköping and in Linköping WC’s were not as common. Keywords: water supply, sewerage, waste disposal, actor-network theory, urban history, environmental history, history of technology, history of public health

Herrmann, Bernd, 'Die Entvölkerung der Landschaft. Der Kampf gegen culturschädliche Thiere in Brandenburg im 18. Jh', Die Veränderung der Kulturlandschaft. Nutzungen - Sichtweisen - Planungen, Münster//New York: Waxmann, 2003

Hoppe, Kirk Arden, Lords of the Fly: Sleeping Sickness Control in British East Africa, 1900-1960, Portsmouth, NH.: Heinemann, 2003 Keywords: East Africa, medicine

Hornborg, Alf, 'Modernitet och ekologisk revolution', Hela världen, Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2003 , 317-328 pp. Abstract: English title: Modernity and Ecological Revolution Keywords: modernity, ecology

Huerlimann, Katja, 'Worum geht es in der Wald- und Forstgeschichte? ', Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen , 2003 , 154(August), 322-327 Abstract: What is the object of forest and forestry history? This text is concerned with the content focus of forest and forestry history, which we look at from three different perspectives. Starting with a few historiographical comments on the history of these subjects as scientific disciplines, we go on to reflect on their terms of reference and conclude with a description of their goals. As far as institutions are concerned, the teaching and research areas of Forest and Forestry History; are attached to forest sciences today, but they were connected with the history of the universities from the very beginning. This co-operation led to methodological and theoretical innovations, as well as to an expansion of the content of forest and forestry history, ranging from the beginnings of modern forest economies at the end of the 18th century to the relationship between man and forest in all historical eras. It is therefore also part of environmental history, the central interest of which focuses on the interaction between human !
beings and the environment. Keywords: Forest history, environmental history, Switzerland

Jansen, Sarah, >Sch?inge<. Geschichte eines wissenschaftlichen und politischen Konstrukts, 1840-1920, Frankfurt/M. Campus, 2003 Keywords: Pest Control

Jansen, Sarah, "Schädlinge": Geschichte eines wissenschaftlichen und politischen Konstrukts, 1840-1920, Frankfurt a.M.// New York: Campus-Verlag, 2003 Keywords: pest control

Josephson, Paul and Zeller, Thomas, 'The Transformation of Nature under Hitler and Stalin', Science and Ideology. A Comparative History , London/New York: Routledge, 2003 , 124-155

Kalis, A. J., Merkt, J., and Wunderlich, J., 'Environmental changes during the Holocene Climatic Optimum in Central Europe - Human Impact and Natural Causes', Quaternary Science Reviews, 2003 , 22(1), 33-79 pp. Abstract: Abstract: The priority programme "Changes of the Geo-Biosphere" aimed to reconstruct the environmental history of central Europe with emphasis on the time interval from 9000 to 5500 cal BP (time-slice II), coinciding with the Holocene climatic optimum. During this period, the onset of human activities such as settlement, agriculture and animal husbandry caused environmental changes. Studies of different landscape units in Germany were carried out to identify these anthropogenically induced changes and to distinguish them from natural effects on the environmental system. The investigated archives included laminated lade sediments, fluvial sediments, colluvia and soils, speleothems, peat and coastal sediments. The results of the various research groups are summarised and critically discussed. Keywords: environmental history, Germany, Holocene climatic optimum

Kempe, M., 'Noah's Flood: The Genesis Story and Natural Disasters in Early Modern Times', Environment and History, 2003 , 9(2), 151-171 pp. Abstract: Abstract: Different interpretations of the biblical deluge give us an idea of various modes of perceptions of natural disasters in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In analysing these interpretations we learn much about early modern European ways of thinking about nature, mankind and the relationship between both. In this way such an analysis becomes an important part of an ambitious project of environmental history that deals with relationships between man and nature in history. Keywords: Noah's flood, natural disaster, nature perceptions, history of earth, catastrophism

Kjærgaard, Thorkild, 'A Plant that Changed the World: the rise and fall of clover 1000-2000', Landscape Research, 2003 , 28(1), 41-49

Kupper, Patrick, Atomenergie und gespaltene Gesellschaft: Die Geschichte des gescheiterten Projektes Kernkraftwerk Kaiseraugst, Zurich: Chronos, 2003 Abstract: English Title: 'Nuclear Energy and Social Fission: The History of the Failed Project Kaiseraugst Nuclear Power Plant'.
Abstract : The thesis focuses on a historical turning point in the history of nuclear energy in Switzerland, a point where euphoric believes in planning and realizing the atomic age were substituted for controversy: Kaiseraugst - a power plant that was planed for the period of 25 years without ever being built - has remained in the collective memory as a powerful symbol. The huge amount of paperwork not only testifies for a intensive public debate and many managerial or technological readjustments, but also for a changing technology assessment both among opponents and engineers. Socio-technical discourses on very different levels are analysed as well as the complex networks of protagonists and opponents. Keywords: nuclear energy, nuclear power plant, atomic age, environmental movement, Switzerland

Lambert, Robert A., 'Seabird control and fishery protection in Cornwall, 1900-1950', British Birds, 2003 , 96(1), 30-34 Abstract: Abstract : Article looks at the extent to which some seabird species (cormorants and shags) were perceived as pests in the early twentieth century by fishing communities, fishing organisations and estate owners in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (SW England). An official bounty scheme operated, alongside a private control scheme on Scilly. Based on research in the papers of the Cornish Sea Fisheries Committee held in Truro, Cornwall. Keywords: cormorants, shags, fishing, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, England

Linnér, Björn, The Return of Malthus: Environmentalism and Post-War Population-Recource Crisis, Cambridge: White Horse Press, 2003 Abstract: This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of the post-war fear of scarcity, charting perceptions of and prescriptions for crises of population growth and resource shortage, which have had profound inluence on agricultural, population and security policies from the second world war to the present. The author traces the development of an international discourse of crisis through the influence of such thinkers as William Vogt, Fairfield Osborn and Georg Borgström, labelled 'neo-Malthusians' for their emphasis on an impending clash between population growth and resource limits, after the manner of the nineteenth century father of scarcity economics. The role of science and technoloy in securing food supply are analysed, as well as the transmutation of older ideas about preserving nature into a new conservation ideology based on sustainable use, and the preoccupatioon of the industrialised nations with forestalling communism and controlling power relations. Keywords: neo-malthusians, environmentalism, scarcity economics, population-resource crisis

Lundgren, Lars J. and Sundqvist, Göran, 'Hur blir en förändring i naturen ett miljöproblem?', Vägar till kunskap: Några aspekter på humanvetenskaplig och annan miljöforskning, Stockholm: Stehag, 2003 Abstract: English title: What makes a change in nature become an environmental problem?
Abstract: The authors discuss the social and scientific processes behind the 'discovery' of environmental problems. Keywords: environmental problems

Lundgren, Lars J. ed., Vägar till kunskap: Några aspekter på humanvetenskaplig och annan miljöforskning, Stockholm: Stehag, 2003 Abstract: English title: Roads to Knowledge: Aspects of Environmental Research.
Abstract: In this anthology seventeen Swedish researchers discuss issues about environmental problems in more general terms, or discuss research about environmental problems, with special focus on research within the humanities and social science. The need of more knowledge about the society and its role in creating environmental problems are emphasised. Keywords: environmental research

Mårald, Erland and Nordlund, Christer eds., Värna, vårda, värdera: Miljöhistoriska aspekter och aspekter på miljöhistoria, Umeå: Landskapet som arena, Umeå, 2003 Abstract: English title: Environmental History Aspects and Aspects on Environmental History
Abstract: The environment is a highly debated issue in our society. There is no simple line between those who are for, and those who are against the environment. It is rather about an encounter between different types of knowledge, experiences, emotions and values. Detailed studies of limited cases is one way to historically get close to, and create an understanding of, those processes through which the environment are protected, preserved and valued - or not. The essays in the first part of this book deals with different aspects of the environmental history of industry and agriculture, with examples from the nineteenth and twentieth century. The second part of the book presents essays that focus on methods and theories used within the field of environmental history. Keywords: environmental history, Sweden

Mercalli, L., Cat Berro, D., and Castellano, C., Atlante Climatico della Valle d'Aosta, Torino: Societa Meteorologica Italiana, 2003 Abstract: English title: Climatic Atlas of Aosta Valley, Italy. Abstract: A detailed description of the climate of the Aosta Valley, Italy, North-Western Alps, based on 82 series of meterological data since 1913 plus two series > 100 years. Geographic framework, list and characteristics of each station, statistical analysis of wind, sunshine duration, temperature, precipitation, snow amount and duration, pressure, list of floods events since AD 800 and list of avalanches since AD 1600. Keywords: Climatology, Alps, meteorology, climatic change, mountain environment

Noble, Robin, North and West: Discovering the Landscape of the North and West Highlands and Islands, Dalkeith: Scottish Cultural Press, 2003 Abstract: Abstract: The natural fault line which separates the north and west of Scotland from the rest of the country also marks the border of an unspoilt ‘wilderness’. Robin Noble interpret what has shaped the landscape. Keywords: Scotland, geography, history

Öckerman, Anders, 'Andlighetens natur - religion och ekologi', Hela världen, Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2003 , 241-271 pp. Abstract: English title: The nature of spirituality - religion and ecology
Abstract: This essay presents the environmental ethics expressed in Islam, Christianity and Buddhism. Keywords: religion, ecology

Osborn, Matthew, ''The Weirdest of All Undertakings": The Land and the Early Industrial Revolution in Oldham, England', Environment and History, 2003 , 8, 246-269 Keywords: Land use, agriculture, England, Industrial Revolution

Palmieri, Walter, 'Societe economiche, montagne meridionali, boschi preunitari', Quaderni Issm, 2003 (15), 1-25 Abstract: English Title: 'Economic societies, southern italy mountains, nineteenth woods'. Abstract: The debate on southern italy deforestation by Economic Societies during the nineteenth century Keywords: Southern Italy, woodland history

Pawson, E. and Dovers, S., 'Environmental History and the Challenges of Interdisciplinarity: An Antipodean Perspective', Environment and History, 2003 , 9(1), 53-75 pp. Abstract: Abstract: The environment has attracted more 'intergrative' or 'interdisciplinary' efforts than any other substantive focus, one of which is the diverse and evolving field of environmental history. In this paper, the authors explore the nature of interdisciplinary work in environmental history. Drawing on three brief project narratives from environmental history, the paper discusses issues and problems, both intellectual and practical, that face those who seek to move across disciplinary boundaries in environmental history. Four 'intersections' that have potential as loci of interdisciplinary engagement are are proposed and discussed: mutual understanding; spatial scale and locale; time and change; and the environment and agency. Keywords: interdisciplinarity, narratives, environmental history

Sheail, John, 'The Agricultural Historian and Environmental History', Rural History Today, 2003 (4), 3-4 Keywords: Environmental History, Landscape history, Britain

Siemann, Wolfgang, Umweltgeschichte. Themen und Perspektiven, München: C.H. Beck Verlag, 2003 Keywords: environmental history, Germany

Smout, T. C. ed., People and woods in Scotland: a history , Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2003 Keywords: Forest history, Scotland

Soon, W., Baliunas, S, Idso, C., Idso, S., and Legates, D. R., 'Reconstructing Climatic and Environmental Changes of the Past 1000 Years: A Reappraisal', Energy & Environment, 2003 , 14(2-3), 233-296 pp. Abstract: Abstract: The 1000-year climatic and environmental history of the Earth contained in various proxy records is examined. As indicators, the proxies duly represent or record aspects of local climate. Questions on the relevance and validity of the locality paradigm for climatological research become sharper as studies of climatic changes on timescales of 50-100 years or longer are pursued. Because the nature of the various proxy climate indicators are so different, the results cannot be combined into a simple hemispheric or global quantitative composite. However, considered as an ensemble of individual observations, an assemblage of the local representations of climate establishes the reality of both the Little Ice Age and the Medieval Warm Period as climatic anomalies with world-wide imprints, extending earlier results by numerous other research efforts. Keywords: climate change, environmental change, little ice age

Stolare, Martin, 'Kultur och Natur: Moderniseringskritiska röster i Sverige 1900-1920', Ph.D. Univ. of Gothenburg, Sweden, 2003 Abstract: English title: Culture and Nature: Movements Critical of Modernization in Sweden, 1900-1920
Abstract: The subject of the study is movements that were critical of modernization in Sweden at the beginning of the twentieth century. Four movements are studied empirically: the land reform movement (mainly the Georgist part), the Värmland youth movement, the smallholder movement around the newspaper Odlaren (The Cultivator) and the vegetarian movement in Sweden. The concept of modernization criticism has been central to the study and it has been divided up into, on the one hand, nature-oriented criticism of civilization, and, on the other, cultural criticism that questioned the norms and values that were prevalent in the developing modern society. As the movements gave vent to criticism of industry and depicted the town as the abcess of society, it is easy to describe them as reactionary and anti-modern movements. However, the movements cannot be labelled as wholly anti-modern: they were themselves exponents of enlightment. Their specific variation of modernity was though neither industrial nor urban. In an international comparison the four movements were in line with corresponding movements in other countries, but the swedish movements were more agrarian in their approach. Keywords: Sweden, modernization, social movement, georgism, peasant movement, vegetarianism

Thury, Gunther E., 'Die mull in die Romische Stadt', Mull . Facetten von der Steinzeit bis zum Gelben Sack, Mainz: Philip von Zabern, 2003 , 67-74 Abstract: Garbage and the Roman city. Garbadge - From Mesolithic to modern times. Keywords: Roman antiquity, city, garbadge disposal

Thury, Gunther E., '"Trag Deinen Dreck Weit Fort". Mullbeseitigiung in der Romische Antike. ', Latein und Griechisch in Berlin und Brandenburg, 2003 , 47(1), 2-5 Abstract: An interview with the author about Roman garbage disposal. Keywords: Roman antiquity, Garbadge disposal

Törnlund, Erik, '"flottningen dör aldrig": Bäckflottningens avveckling efter Ume- och Vindelälven, 1945-70', Ph.D. Univ. of Umeå, Sweden, 2003 Abstract: English title: "Timber floating will never die" - The Abolition of Timber Floating in the Ume and Vindel River Tributaries, 1945-70
Abstract: This dissertation study and analyse in detail the process by which timber floating in tributaries was phased out. The region covered is Ume and Vindel river i north of Sweden. Keywords: forestry, timber floating, transport history, forest history

Tretvik and Aud Mikkelsen, Landskap og levemate i sm kystsamfunn. Tarva i Bjugn og Borgan i Vikna ca. 1865-2000., Trondheim: Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Vitenskapsmuseet, 2003 Abstract: Landscape and living in small coastal communities. Tarva in Bjugn and Borgan in Vikna ca. 1865-2000. Abstract: Development in population, land use and resource management in two coastal communities in Mid-Norway is studied over the last app. 150 years. There are both similarities and differences between the two communities. Acreage and resources are much the same, and both places people have based their way of living on a combination of farming, fishing and hunting/trapping, but the way of production has differed. The heathland at Tarva has been used for pasture for free range sheep, but not at Borgan, and the flock of sheep has been 3-4 times larger at Tarva. At Borgan they have had summer farms at the neighbouring island Kalv?ya. Fishing have been more important at Tarva, Growing grain more important at Borgan. Demographically there has also been differences. In the 19th century Borgan was a stable, selfrecruiting society, but Tarva was a place to which people moved, thus increasing the population strongly. At Borgan people started moving out already from 1946, at Tarva this did not happen until after 1960. Differences in population can only partly explain the dissimilarities in land use. Land ownership is also an important factor of explanation. Tarva has been dominated by one great farm unit with several cotters/smallholders. Borgan had for a long time eight farm units of app. the same size, and with large areas in joint ownership, which have been consolidated in several steps. Differences in land ownership has meant different access to resources in outlying fields. Both dominating ownership regimes can have advantages and disadvantages. Keywords: Norway, coastal landscape, land use, resource management, 1865-2000

Vuorisalo, T. et. al., 'Urban Development from an Avian Perspective: Causes of Hooded crow (Corvus corone cornix) Urbanisation in two Finnish Cities', Landscape and Urban Planning, 2003 , 62(2), 69-87 pp. Abstract: Abstract: The hooded crow colonised Turku and Helsinki, two cities in southern Finland, in the first half of the twentieth century as a breeding species. Their urban population densities, however, remained low for decades, in spite of considerable changes in the urban environment. Since the 1960s, the breeding population have increased very rapidly in both cities. The possible causes of the early colonisation of cities, the long period of low population density, and the recent rapid population increases are discussed based on environmental history data. Keywords: hooded crow, urbanisation, environmental history, Finland

Zeller, Thomas, 'Consuming Landscapes. The View from the Road in Germany and the
United States, 1910-1995', Bulletin of the German Historical Institute Washington, DC, 32 (Spring 2003), 117-126, 2003 , 32(Spring), 117-126

Zeller, Thomas, '’Ganz Deutschland sein Garten:’ Alwin Seifert und die Landschaft des Nationalsozialismus', Naturschutz und Nationalsozialismus, Frankfurt/New York: Campus, 2003 Keywords: Germany, landscape history, National Socialism

Zeller, Thomas, 'Molding the Landscape of Nazi Environmentalism: Alwin Seifert (1890-1972) and the Third Reich', How Green Were the Nazis?, 2003 Keywords: Germany, landscape, environmentalism, Nazis

Zutz, Axel, 'Die Landschaftsdiagnose der DDR', Garten und Landschaft, 2003 , 113(3), 34-37 Abstract: English Title: 'Landscapediagnosis of the GDR'.
Abstract : In 1950 Reinhold Lingner and Frank Erich Carl were commissioned to chart the landscape of the German Democratic Republik. The commission was designed to pinpoint disturbances wich hampered the productivity of landscape, suggest ways to remove damage and create new uses. Shortly after it began, the study was stopped by the secret service. No official reason was given. In 1952 the study was resumed with limited power. Public discourse regarding the study?s results and influence never really occurred - a limited publication of the study was first released in 1957. Despite its difficult birth, in retrospect the landscape diagnosis makes an important contribution to the development of landcape planning and analysis of the region, paving the way for many interdisciplinary research studies and encouraging the postwar planning generation.
Other information: for internet (long) version of the article see: www.garten-landschaft.de Keywords: Landschaftsdiagnose, DDR, East Germany, Stalin-Plan, Landschaftsanwalte, Reinhold Lingner

Zwart, H., 'Aquaphobia, Tulipmania, Biophilia: A Moral Geography of the Dutch Landscape', Environmental Values, 2003 , 12(1), 107-128 pp. Abstract: Abstract: In Genesis (1:9-10) we are told that God gathered the waters into one place, in order to let the dry land appear, which he called earth, while the waters were called seas. In the Netherlands, this process took more than a single day, and it was the work of man. Gradually, a cultivated landscape emerged out of diffuse nature. In the course of centuries, the Dutch determined the conditions that allowed different aspects of nature to present themselves. This process is described as a moral geography in the sense that different types of landscape are read as a manifestation of different moral attitudes towards nature, whereas concrete landscape interventions are interpreted as instances of moral criticism directed towards the activities and values of previous generations. At present, this process (the genesis of the Dutch landscape) is being reversed, as diffuse, wetland nature is experiencing a come-back. Keywords: environmental history, philosophy of landscape, wetland

Huenemoerder, Kai F., : Die Fruh geschichte der globalen Umweltkrise und die Formierung der Deutschen Umweltpolitik (1950-1973)., Stuttgart: 2004 Abstract: The early history of the global environmental crisis und the formation of the German environmental policy (1950-1973). Development of environmental risks since 1950's; development of the clean air policy and water protection until the 1970's; the beginning of an integrated view on the global environmental crisis inside international institutions like the UNO, OECD, European Council etc.; the rise of the futurology and systems reseach; the early scientific perception of the greenhouse effect; the reception of the first report to the Club of Rome (1972); the United Nations conference on Environment at Stockholm (1972); the spreading of the ecological discourse; a case study on the protest against the building of a petrochemical industrial zone of the VEBA in the Ruhr area; epilog on the "transhumanism movement" Keywords: Germany, USA, Environmental policy, 1950-2000

Ven, G. P. van de ed., Man-made Lowlands. History of water management and land reclamation in the Netherlands, Utrecht: Matrijs, 2004 Keywords: Water management, Netherlands