L'acqua: risorsa e minaccia a gestione delle risorse idriche e delle inondazioni in Europa (XIV-XIX secolo)

• Other Authors: Bini, Elisabetta (Editor), Carnevale, Diego (Editor), Cecere, Domenico (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: Italian
• Published: Naples FedOA - Federico II University Press 2023
• Series: Clio. Essays in History, Archaeology and Art History 40
• Subjects: History; Environmental History; Early Modern and Modern History; Commons; Water supplies; Floods
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Every civilization has developed different forms of knowledge and techniques to manage and exploit water, an essential element for human life, but also to defend itself from the threats that can derive from it. In preindustrial times, the need to manage such a precious commodity led to the developme...