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SUMMARY:Public Lecture: In Praise of Floods: homo sapiens and rivers - Pro
 fessor James Scott\, Yale University
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DESCRIPTION:Virtually all civilizations are dependent on the ever-renewed 
 fertility of floodplain soils.  Human engineering has radically simplified
  river hydrology\, the way taxidermy or amputations might destroy a living
  being\, so that rivers can be navigation canals\, water storage\, sewage 
 conduits\, hydroelectric sites\, irrigation reservoirs\, and flood free.  
 Disturbance ecology teaches us\, on the contrary\, how the “edge environ
 ments” and “eco-tones” created by naturally occurring floods and fir
 es promote bio-diversity.  The simplification of river hydrology has set t
 he stage for “iatrogenic” (illness caused by previous “treatment”)
  river ailments including massive floods.
LOCATION:Large Lecture Theatre\, Department of Geography\, Downing Site
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