Mississippi floods

A thorough overview of the phenomenon of flooding, including frequency, damage, and information about organizations that help flood victims. What causes killer floods? Wh...

Victoria held state elections on Saturday 26 November 2022. Six weeks previously, the state had suffered serious floods. The aims of this case study are, to give an overview of h...

Laws relating to irrigation, embankments, and floods constitute one of the oldest and most developed areas of water law in India and this chapter focuses on these subject matters. ...

This chapter describes Charlie Butler's recording of “Diamond Joe.” Butler, convict number 10636, recorded “Diamond Joe” at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, Mississi...

Chapter 7 reports the attempts of a network of French pensions’ trustees to force a US-based automotive company to allow trade unions in its Mississippi plants. To trigger practice...

This chapter discusses the Illinois Territory, which was one of the frontier regions affected by war. Only recently split off from Indiana Territory in 1809, the new territory ran ...

Water is life. But water is also a threat to life. During the past decade, the risks from water-related disasters are increasing and hamper sustainable development by causing polit...