Death by Water

If death is the cessation of life, then, as a concept, it draws its meaning from the preceding life. While death and dying are inextricably connected, dying is still a part of life...

Abstract Climate change has altered hydrologic conditions, which directly affects water resources. In addition, increasing human activities have an impact on water r...

Sustainable Water is a practical and accessible resource for engineers and other professionals who play vital roles in creating and maintaining water services. As part of the ‘Deli...

Using a historical framework, this book offers not only the penal history of the death penalty in the states that have given women the death penalty, but it also retells the storie...

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...

This sweeping study traces the development of water policy in the United States from the 19th century to the present day, exploring the role of legislation in appropriating access ...

How digital technology—from Facebook tributes to QR codes on headstones—is changing our relationship to death. Facebook is the biggest cemetery in the world, with co...

The movement from the Renaissance to the early modern period may have been one of the most tumultuous times in the history of the western world. Everything, sacred and profane, was...