DELUS. The Journal of the Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies

The cover of the journal Chasing Water, featuring a photo of a sunlit, rocky riverbed viewed from underwater.

An aerial view of a coastal construction project on a sandy beach with crashing waves. A tall red crane and other machinery are working on a rock jetty, at the end of which a large, red, boxy section of a ship is partially submerged and tilted in the water.

A two-page spread of an article titled The Draining of the Fens: Enclosures, Resistance and Wilderness. On the right is a black-and-white 1607 woodcut depicting a great flood. The illustration shows a chaotic scene with a submerged church, people and livestock drowning in the water, and survivors clinging to trees and rooftops.

A two-page magazine spread titled Not a Drop Is Lost. The left page contains black text in two columns. The right page features a large photograph of a stone water reservoir on a terraced hillside in a coastal village. The reservoir is surrounded by lush greenery, with houses and the sea visible in the background.

A two-page spread from the publication Bordoclima, displaying two vibrant, false-color satellite images of fluid borders. The left image shows the Albania-Montenegro border, a coastal scene with green water and pink, mountainous land. The right image shows the Croatia-Bosnia Herzegovina border, featuring a green river winding through an orange and yellow landscape. A white column in the middle contains the title, author names, and a legend.

A two-page spread showing the table of contents for DELUS magazine, Issue 1, Autumn 2024, with the theme Chasing Water. The content is arranged in two columns and lists the following articles and their authors: Navel Gazing, The Draining of the Fens, Embroidered Waterscapes, Liquid Shadows, Not a Drop Is Lost, On Thirst, Men Talk but the Women Fetch the Water, Bordoclima, Desalination and a New Environmental Public, and Dam Circumsonic.

An open book or magazine displays a two-page spread. The left page is a full-page, sepia-toned aerial photograph of the Chale-sonbak earthworks in the Band-e-Rig desert, showing numerous mounds and depressions in the sand. The right page contains the text of an academic article titled On Thirst: Anecdotes on Chasing Hidden Waters, arranged in two columns with footnotes.

A two-page spread from a publication. On the left, an article titled A Note from the Editors discusses the impact of the Blue Marble photograph. On the right, the iconic Blue Marble photo of Earth is displayed in the upper corner against a black background, accompanied by a column of footnotes.

A two-page spread from a publication titled Embroidered Waterscapes. The left page features the text of an essay, while the right page displays a large, 19th-century woven and embroidered Kashmiri map shawl. The shawl shows an intricate, bird's-eye view of the city of Srinagar, with countless buildings and a network of blue waterways, all enclosed by a decorative border with colorful fringe.

A two-page photo book spread for Liquid Shadows by Valentina Noce. On the left, a dark, blue-toned image shows a partially submerged building at night, a long yellow window reflecting on the water. On the right, a blurry building sits by a lake on a foggy day, surrounded by trees.

A two-page spread from a book. The left side features a large photograph of a vast desert landscape in Iran, where lush green palm trees grow out of deep pits in the sandy ground. The right page contains dense columns of text under the heading ON 'THIRST' AND SEEKING DEEP HIDDEN WATERS, discussing ancient irrigation methods like the qanāt.

A two-page spread from a publication titled Bordoclima: New Calligraphies of Fluid Borders. The left page contains paragraphs of text explaining the concept of dynamic, fluid borders. The right page features a large, circular map of a globe rendered in intricate, vein-like lines of pink, white, and orange, illustrating the concept.

A two-page magazine spread titled Dam Circumsonic. The left page has an article about Australia's Warragamba Dam. The right page is dominated by a large, low-angle photograph of the massive, curved concrete wall and gate structures of the dam against a clear blue sky, with footnotes listed beside it.

DELUS. The Journal of the Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies

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Edited by: Sara Frikech, Johanna Just

December 2024, 96 Pages, 55 Photos

Paperback with Lay-Flat Binding

200mm x 238mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5874-1

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Ecology and design

This new issue of DELUS: The Journal of the Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies, entitled "Chasing Water," brings together contributions on the topic of water. Nine essays invite us to explore different manifestations of the element. DELUS uses the term "chasing" to highlight the role of water in shaping and sustaining landscapes and urban environments, and the ongoing efforts to direct its course. From the transformation of English moorland and marshland to intricate irrigation systems in the Mediterranean and to the ecological impact of water harvesting schemes in Chile and Australia, each contribution explores the ways in which water is tracked, obstructed, or contained. "Chasing Water" vividly reflects the contradictory challenge of capturing, storing, and distributing the element in a world where it is theoretically abundant, but in many places inaccessible.

DELUS is an annual publication that explores emerging themes, topics and methods from landscape and urban studies. Founded in 2022 by the Institute for Landscape and Urban Studies (LUS) at ETH Zurich, it brings academic knowledge to a broader audience.