Environmental History Resources
Environmental history on the web - I to Z
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Institute for Environmental History, University of St. Andrews, UK
The homepage of the Institute for Environmental History of the University of St. Andrews (Scotland) presents information about the institute and its activities. 'About the institute' is an intersting one for anyone interested in the development of environmental history in Europe. It contains a brief history of the Institute since its foundation in the early 1990s.
The option 'Staff' is linked to a page that gives a short description of the activities of the research and teaching staff of the Institute. This item is closely related to the next two contents on the homepage 'Research publications' and 'Thought courses'. Anyone considering studying environmental history should have a look at these pages. A feature of particular interest is the list of seminars.
This site provides the visitor with a good summary of the activities of the Institute for Environmental History. The Institute is a partner in the AHRC Centre for Environmental History and Policy, a joint undertaking with the University of Stirling.
You find the site at www.st-and.ac.uk/academic/history/envhist/
The Institute for Rural History (Austria)
The Institute for Rural History (Institut für Geschichte des ländlichen Raumes) at St Poelten in Austria, focuses on the study of rural areas and communities in historical perspective. For those who can read German this website provides some very useful resources on rural history in Austria. The site includes a Rural History Newsletter with information on new publications, conference announcements, workshops, new websites and other news related to rural history, environmental history, history of science and related fields. Furthermore the site presents information on the Institutes publications, research projects, seminars and workshops and a list of relevant links. Finally the institute also hosts a series of archival collections related to rural history and descriptions of these can be found on the site.
Visit the site at www.ruralhistory.at
International Environmental History Group
See Finnish Gateway to Environmental History
International Water History Association
The Internation Water History Association encourages the study of the history of water use and management in the past. The website provides information about the association, past and future conferences, membership and links to water history resources on the Web. Of particular interest are the abstracts of past conferences on the site.
The site can be accesses at www.iwha.net
IUFRO Forest History Unit
Information of the Forest History Unit of the International Union of Forestry Research Organisations including contact addresses and events.
You can find IIUFRO Forest History Unit at web.bfw.ac.at/rz/iufro.division_show1?in_divi=6.07.00
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Land & People, University of Otago
The History of Land Utilisation and the development of Rural Society in New Zealand. This site gives some idea of the work of Tom Brooking and his research group undertaken in the history department at the University of Otago. The site provides an overview of their research interests including responses to and representations of the changing landscape; land settlement; the impact of farming upon landscape and indigenous people; the impact of goldmining on rural landscapes; environmental history and the history of forestry in New Zealand and the Pacific.
You can find the site at www.otago.ac.nz/nzpg/land_people/
Environmental History of Latin America
This site provides an online bibliography with over 1000 references, including articles, books, videos and WebPages in English, Spanish and Portuguese. The site has been redeveloped in 2007 and new features include a bibliographical search egine, newsletter, syllabi, work in progress and a secion on SOLCHA, the Latin American Society for Environmental History. Good starting point for environmental history of Latin America.
You can find the site at www.csulb.edu/projects/laeh/html/onlinebib.html
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Network in Canadian History and Environment
The Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE) promotes and supports collaboration among Canadian scholars working in environmental history and related fields. The website provides information about the activities of NiCHE, such as workshops, summer schools and it contains a directory of Canadian environmental historians. It is a first port of call to find out more about research in Canadian environmental history.
Access the site at: niche-canada.org/
Nordic Environmental History Research Network
The Nordic Environmental History Research Network is an initiative funded by the Norwegian Research council. It aims to support knowledge exchange and professional development of environmental historians in the Nordic countries. The participants include researchers and students in five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Linked to the site is a series of workshops which will explore how to grow environmental history as a discipline, how Nordic environmental history can and should be written, and identify future collaborative projects and funding sources. The site gives an overview of the programmes of the workshops and acts as a way of disseminating some of the outcomes. In addition the site has a number of useful resources including a Nordic Environmental History Collaborative Bibliography and a list of conference announcements and organizations.
Access the site at http://norden.miljohistorie.net/.
Norwegian Environmental History
For information on Norway see Environmental History in Norway
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For Land and People at University of Otago See under L.S
The Sea and the Cities. A Multidisciplinary Project on Environmental History.
The Sea and the Cities website presents the results of a project that studied the environmental history of urban water pollution and protection in the Baltic Sea region in the 19th and the 20th century. Altough thhe title suggests a wider merit the site is strongly focussed upon tow aspects of water pollution: the consequences for cities surrounding the Baltic Sea and marine life and the development of waste water treatment. Articles on these topics can be downloaded as PDF files. A good source for material related to water pollution issues in the Baltic region.
The site can be accessed at: www.valt.helsinki.fi/projects/enviro/
Environmental History of South America
See: Environmental History of Latin America under L.
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Umweltgeschichte.de
Umweltgeschichte.de is a website for those who can read German. It is a gateway to environmental history resources in Germany.
You can find the site at www.umweltgeschichte.de
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White Horse Press
The White Horse Press (WHP) publishes books and journals, specialising in environmental issues. These web pages contain details of WHP journals, including Environment and History, WHP books, and an order form that can be used for all the titles published by WHP.
You can find the site at: www.erica.demon.co.uk/
WWW-VL: Environmental History
Links to environmental history resources from WWW-VL History at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
Accessible at vlib.iue.it/history/topical/environmental.html
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Zentrum Für Umweltgeschichte (Centre for Environmental History)
at Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies of Austrian Universities (IFF), Vienna, Austria
The Austrian "Centre for Environmental History" (Zentrum für Umweltgeschichte, ZUG) is a joint project of the Department for the Analysis of Culture and Science and the Department of Social Ecology of the University of Vienna. The Centre is part of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies of Austrian Universities (IFF). The website is mainly in German and provides information about projects carried out at the Centre, an events calendar, access to bibliographies and links to resources.
You can find the site at: www.iff.ac.at/umweltgeschichte/english.php
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