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“At the mercy of a miserable ditch named the Kifisos”: The Changing Perceptions of the Natural Environment and the Contest with Nature through the History of Athens’ Main River

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“At the mercy of a miserable ditch named the Kifisos”: The Changing Perceptions of the Natural Environment and the Contest with Nature through the History of Athens’ Main River (EN)
Glistras, Dimitris
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2023-07-31
The course of the Kifisos over the past two centuries seems like it has beenon the ultimate path to disaster. Its natural riverbed, the bioclimate and the flora along itsbanks have ceased to exist, at least in the form that they were some decades after the GreekWar of Independence. However, the history of the Kifisos is interesting not just because itis a space which enables us to observe the environmental damage done by man, but alsobecause a great part of the Greek capital’s own history is written in its riverbed. Throughthe history of the Kifisos and the varying perceptions of the river over time, the articledescribes the progression from a natural environment to an urban reality. (EN)
The Historical Revue / La Revue Historique
English
Institute for Neohellenic Research/NHRF (EN)
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The Historical Review/La Revue Historique; Τόμ. 19 Αρ. 1 (2022): The Historical Review / La Revue Historique; 27-46 (EL)
The Historical Review/La Revue Historique; Vol. 19 No. 1 (2022): The Historical Review / La Revue Historique; 27-46 (EN)
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Special Section I / Section spéciale I. Conflict and the Environment



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