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the traditional requirements of agriculture was added a hugely increased urban
demand. In the case of surface water (streams, rivers, lakes), one can draw a three
phase scheme from many case-studies. Most rivers of the Western world have now
entered the third sequence. During the
rst period, pre-industrial rivers were
essential to feed the riverine population, thanks to their
sh; they also could provide
bene
oodplains; when hydro-
logical conditions were favorable for navigation, they served as cheap and
important means of transportation. After a second phase of intense exploitation of
water resources and multi-scale environmental changes, new reasons have added
value to the place of water in cities, for aesthetic, ecological as well as touristic
purposes. Meanwhile, environmental history of water resources has grown as a
fertile topic, bridging various disciplinary approaches. The numerous case studies
written about the nineteenth and twentieth-century Western world can be useful
both for water managers dealing with restoration projects and for historians working
on water issues outside Europe and North America and globalizing environmental
history.
ts to agriculture, through the fertile lands in the
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