Jankó, Ferenc and Hafenscher, Viktória Priszcilla (2023) The Water Histories of Hungary's Major Rivers : Environmental Debates around Antal Réthly and Emil Mosonyi. HISTORICA: REVUE PRO HISTORII A PRIBUZNE VEDY (1). pp. 56-73.
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Abstract
Taking a biographical approach, two main characters of Hungarian water‑environmental history are explored in this study. Before the global warming era, meteorologist Antal Réthly played a major role in the climatic controversy concerning the water regulation and affor‑ estation of the Great Hungarian Plain arguing that these human activities could not change the climate. In turn, water engineer Emil Mosonyi strove to conceptualize and develop the utilization of Hungarian hydropower potentials and remained a supporter of large hydro‑ power projects even after his emigration and return, when the construction of the Danube barrage system catalyzed the Hungarian environmental movement and the political transi‑ tion in 1989. Their histories help understanding of the limited capacities of science in solving environmental controversies.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Environmental History; Water Regulation; Afforestation; Climatic Controversy; Hungary |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation / földrajz, antropológia, kikapcsolódás > GE Environmental Sciences / környezettudomány G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation / földrajz, antropológia, kikapcsolódás > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography / gazdasági-társadalmi földrajz |
| Depositing User: | Dr Ferenc Jankó |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Sep 2023 11:03 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Sep 2023 11:03 |
| URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/174162 |
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