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Published: 2025-11-18

challenges, concepts and new approaches

Understanding the Historical Geography of Water Use in Estate Landscapes: Learning from the Past to Address Present-Day Water Challenges

Elyze Storms-Smeets

20–31
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River Port Cities Facing Climate Change: Global Examples for Heritage-Based Sustainable Development

Noémi Mené, Avicenna Tanubrata, José Manuel Pagés Sánchez

70-81
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Sustainable Development and Indigenous Knowledge: The Role of Ancestral Communal Pools (Birket) in Southern Lebanon

Georges Gharios

32–41
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Repower the Harbormaster Towers: Managing Maritime Artifacts in Java’s Port Cities

Rizki Dwika Aprilian, Ricky Purbaya, Miktha Farid Alkadri

42–49
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The Politics of Iraq’s Waterscape: 1920-2024

Meg John

50–59
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Historical Water Governance in Turkmenistan and the Challenges of Soviet Interventions

Estere Cvilikovska

60-69
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methodologies and case studies

Allowing Natural Sedimentation in the Nieuwe Waterweg to Reduce Salinity Intrusion and the Effects of Sea Level Rise

Maarten Kleinhans, Silke Baltussen, Eise Nota, Jana Cox, Han Meijer, Jasper Hugtenburg

186–197
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Assembling River Perspectives: Using a Jigsaw Puzzle to Co-Create a Traveling Exhibition about the Danube River

Gabriela Costea, Pippa de Kinder, Habil Martin Pusch
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Reconsidering “Water” as an Initiator and Transformer of River Landscape Heritage: The Case of the Menderes (Maeander) Delta, Türkiye

Gökhan Okumuş, A. Güliz Bilgin Altınöz, Gerdy A. Verschuure-Stuip

84-96
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Rituals and Residues: Mapping Mining Landscapes and Spatial Practices Along South Africa’s Klip River

Shreya Sen

112–23
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Constructing the Karakum Canal: The Urbanization of Soviet Turkmenistan and the Aral Sea Crisis

Estere Cvilikovska

156–65
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The Second Terrace: Reconnecting with Water and the Vernacular in the Ifugao Rice Terraces

Leonardo Zuccaro Marchi, Shubham Majumder, Sara Sabry

98-111
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Playing with Water: A Value Case for Gamified Water Resilience in Alfândega da Fé, Portugal

Joao Camelo

124–35
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Mapping and Reviving Ancestral Communal Pools (Birket) in Southern Lebanon: Survey Methods, Findings and Policy Pathways

Georges Gharios

136–45
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Adaptive Reuse of Maritime Infrastructure: Case Study of Colonial Harbormaster Towers in Java’s Port Cities

Ricky Purbaya, Rizki Dwika Aprilian, Miktha Farid Alkadri

146–55
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Drowning Heritage: The Impact of Climate Change and Erosion on Azizakpe’s Water Culture

Rhoda Osei-Nkwantabisa, Martin Larbi

166–77
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Colonial Disaster, the “Capitalocene” and Contemporary Lessons: The Great Flood of 1924 in Southern India

Mahendranath Sudhindranath, John Bosco Lourdusamy

178–87
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Making the Seine Swimmable: From Regulatory Challenges to a Metropolitan Vision

Clément Brun, Léonard Bertrand, Annabelle Nantier
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The Seine and Energy Transition: Historical Lessons for a Sustainable Future

Olivier Burel
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The Port–City–River Relationship in Paris: The Challenge of Mixed-Use Development

Jean Debrie
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Paris Sewers: A 19th Century Heritage to Be Adapted to the Challenges of the 21st Century

Anita Ravlic
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The Paris Sewer Renaissance: Data, Health and Participatory Science

Thomas Thiebault, Catherine Carré, Jérémy Jacob
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Reviving Urban Swimming in Europe: Navigating Complexity Between Natural and Cultural Heritage

Alba Balmaseda Domínguez, Yixin Cao
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Heritage Spaces and River Imageries: The Case of the Guinguette

Olivier Aïm
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The Morphological Resilience of the Seine in Paris: From Ancient Meander to the Contemporary Street Network

Hélène Noizet
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Swimmable Futures: Reimagining Water Stewardship through Youth and Community

Elizabeth Hameeteman, Tilly Stroo
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The Place of Nature in Preserving Cultural Heritage and Reconnecting Citizens with their Environment: A Microscopic Approach

Sahima Hamlaoui, Maria Cellamare
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