Send article
i

Call for Papers for open call N° 71, July 2026, semi-thematic

 

Global changes and their effects on the earth system: climate and the cryosphere

 

Deadline for paper submissions: April 15, 2026

 

 

 

 

The 1909 river Douro flood: a contribution to its study from the historical archives of the portuguese environmental agency

Authors

  • António Avelino Batista Vieira Universidade do Minho
  • Francisco da Silva Costa Universidade do Minho
No. 53 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5370.2017.43598
Download

Abstract

Between 17 and 25 December 1909, the population of the city of Porto and Gaia watched helplessly the destruction of their riverside areas, by the flood of the Douro River. The flood caused immense losses on both banks of the Douro, forcing the intervention of various state agencies for their subsequent rehabilitation. From a set of documents of the authorship of the 1ª Direção dos Serviços Fluviais e Marítimos was possible to identify the interventions that were planned, as well as the progress of work, and, from there, also identify the areas affected by this catastrophic event and the real extent of their effects on riverside areas of Porto and Gaia.

Keywords:

Floods , 1909 , Douro river , Loss , Historical information
Altmetrics
How to Cite
Batista Vieira, A. . A., & da Silva Costa, F. (2017). The 1909 river Douro flood: a contribution to its study from the historical archives of the portuguese environmental agency. Investigaciones Geográficas, (53), pp. 77–92. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5370.2017.43598
ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver
Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX
 
Investigaciones Geográficas
Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo
Universidad de Chile
DATOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN
Dirección de Servicios de Información y Bibliotecas (SISIB)