Rivers of Power: How An Ancient Force Rules Us Still
- Event Type
- Seminar/Symposium
- Sponsor
- A Geology & Geography/GIS Colloquium
- Date
- Mar 25, 2021 1:00 - 2:00 pm
- Speaker
- Laurence Smith, John Atwater & Diana Nelson Chair of Environmental Studies, Brown University
- Cost
- This event is free and open to public
- Registration
- Zoom Link
- Contact
- Department of Geography & GIS
- geography@illinois.edu
- Views
- 64
- Originating Calendar
- Geography and Geographic Information Science
This talk will explore some of the many ways that humans have used rivers over time, and how we continue to do so today. Since our earliest cities established along the Tigris-Euphrates, Indus, Nile, and Yellow rivers, anthropogenic use of rivers has changed over time and varied by region. Yet their critical importance has persisted because they provide five fundamental benefits: access, natural capital, territory, well-being, and a means of projecting power. The manifestations of these benefits have changed, but societal demands for them have not.