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Rivers & CitiesThe dynamic and ancient relationship between cities and rivers consists of wide range of costs and benefit that have varied through time and over space. The builders of cities, our most elaborate artificial landscapes, have consistently tried to tame the rivers that provided sustenance, transportation and waste removal systems. Occasionally Rivers and related environmental forces break the barriers of cities wreak havoc. While the devastation of the biblical flood has not been matched, the financial cost of floods has constantly increased despite the ever increasing effort to manage floods and land use on flood plains Thursday, October 1 Thursday, October 15 November 12 .This series is designed to show how the concerns of several curricular concentrations and majors combine in our efforts to understand and manage both the threat to and impact of floods. Funding for this program is made possible by the Mellon Curricular Pathways Grant at Macalester College. |
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