Article ID: CBB532835833

Ottoman Lakes and Fluid Landscapes: Environing, Wetlands and Conservation in the Marmara Lake Basin, Circa 1550–1900 (2024)

unapi

The study of Ottoman lakes and wetlands from the perspective of management and conservation is an emerging field. Scholars have explored Ottoman strategies for managing agricultural and extractive landscapes, yet detailed investigation of socio-political responses to dynamic wetlands, particularly during periods of drastic climate shifts, requires deeper investigation. Our research on wetlands and lakes moves from the purview of waqfs (pious foundations) to the emergence of the Ottoman Public Debt Administration (OPDA). By examining the shifting perspectives of institutional authority and community responses to it from the early modern period to the nineteenth century, we discuss the complexities of wetland management in the Marmara Lake Basin within the sancak of Saruhan (contemporary Manisa) in western Anatolia. We argue that intimate knowledge of this specific ecosystem played a critical role in mitigating attempts at reclamation and land grabbing and ultimately in developing legal structures of and policies for Ottoman conservation strategies. We situate our discussion within the paradigm of environing made possible by detailed longue-durée archival narratives; these micro-histories afford a dynamic perspective into non-linear responses to ecological and political changes and provide a local lens into the scalar impacts of human agency.

...More
Citation URI
https://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB532835833/

Similar Citations

Book Erik Reardon; (2021)
Managing the River Commons: Fishing and New England's Rural Economy (/isis/citation/CBB549099907/)

Book Kristian Karlo Saguin; (2022)
Urban Ecologies on the Edge: Making Manila's Resource Frontier (/isis/citation/CBB027282027/)

Book Emily O'Gorman; (2021)
Wetlands in a Dry Land: More-Than-Human Histories of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin (/isis/citation/CBB547050961/)

Article Maurice Paulissen; Roy Van Beek; Edward H. Huijbens; (2024)
How Bogs Made for Borderlands: The Eastern Low Countries, c. 670 – c. 1900 ce (/isis/citation/CBB178903966/)

Book W.G. Bailey; Timothy R. Oke; Wayne R. Rouse; (1997)
The Surface Climates of Canada (/isis/citation/CBB114743965/)

Book John Dixon Hunt; Stephen H. Whiteman; (2023)
Landscape and Authority in the Early Modern World (/isis/citation/CBB087652821/)

Chapter Andrea Bonoldi; (2016)
La risorsa mutevole. L'Adige nell'economia della regione trentino-tirolese (/isis/citation/CBB675032851/)

Article John S. Lee; (2022)
Sylvan Anxieties and the Making of Landscapes in Early Modern Korea (/isis/citation/CBB152958899/)

Book Ian M. Miller; Paul S. Sutter; (2020)
Fir and Empire: The Transformation of Forests in Early Modern China (/isis/citation/CBB869490594/)

Book Velayutham Saravanan; (2018)
Environmental History and Tribals in Modern India (/isis/citation/CBB693568918/)

Book Gerry Barnes; Toby Pillatt; Tom Williamson; (2017)
Trees in England: Management and Disease since 1600 (/isis/citation/CBB382961786/)

Book Alessandra Dattero; (2022)
Il bosco: Biodiversità, diritti e culture dal medioevo al nostro tempo (/isis/citation/CBB708100664/)

Book Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu; (2020)
Studies on Ottoman Science and Culture (/isis/citation/CBB934328666/)

Book Faroqhi, Suraiya; (2009)
Artisans of Empire: Crafts and Craftspeople under the Ottomans (/isis/citation/CBB001251041/)

Article Halil Tekiner; (2024)
A concise history of Italian influences on Turkish pharmacy (/isis/citation/CBB105732756/)

Book Carlo Tosco; (2017)
Il paesaggio come storia (/isis/citation/CBB046931414/)

Authors & Contributors
Faroqhi, Suraiya
Günergun, Feza
Hunt, John Dixon
İhsanoğlu, Ekmeleddin
O'Gorman, Emily
Rabier, Christelle
Journals
Environment and History
Osmanli Bilimi Arastirmalari: Studies in Ottoman Science
Atti e Memorie, Rivista di Storia della Farmacia
Publishers
University of Washington Press
Istanbul Universitesi
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
I. B. Tauris
Il Mulino
McGill-Queen's University Press
Concepts
Natural resource management
Landscape; landscapes
Forests and forestry
Environmental history
Wetlands
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Time Periods
Early modern
Modern
Medieval
19th century
20th century
21st century
Places
Ottoman Empire
Europe
Italy
Paris (France)
India
Korea
Comments

Be the first to comment!

{{ comment.created_by.username }} on {{ comment.created_on | date:'medium' }}

Log in or register to comment