In nearly all domains of Global Change Research (GCR), the role of humans is a key factor
as a driving force, a subject of impacts, or an agent in mitigating impacts and adapting to …

Medieval Vienna was situated at the main arm of the swiftly flowing alpine Danube. From the
fourteenth century onwards, the river gradually moved away from the city. This marked the …

The nineteenth century was marked by a fundamental change in city-river relations. The
environmental history perspective employed in this article illustrates how the complex …

The Edinburgh Philosophical Society regularly published Proceedings of Societies in their
quarterly journal. In the issue of January 1862, the Botanical Society of Edinburgh reported …

Only in a long-term perspective does the profound difference between pre-industrial and
industrial society-nature relations become clearly visible. Long-term socio-ecological …

Zu den Bruchstellen interdisziplinärer Zusammenarbeit über diskursanalytische
Gegenstände gehört das disziplinäre Vorhaben der Bedeutungsfixierung von „Diskurs “ …

The development of cities and their rivers is closely intertwined. Urban environmental
histories have explored river–city interactions in detail, but none has focused on an entire …

From the socioecological perspective, society is conceived as a symbolic system that is
coupled with biophysical elements. The biophysical and the symbolic components of society …

Long-term approaches are an important concern of Social Ecology and Environmental
History. This chapter outlines approaches developed within the Vienna School of Social …

Topografische Autoren der Frühen Neuzeit traten mit dem Versprechen an, ihren Lesern
und Leserinnen ein Reisen im Lehnsessel zu ermöglichen, ein verlässliches Bild der Welt in …