River Cities in Asia : Waterways in Urban Development and History /

River Cities in Asia uncovers the intimate relationship between rivers and cities in Asia from a multi-disciplinary perspective in the humanities and the social sciences. As rivers have shaped human settlement patterns, economies, culture and rituals, so too have humans impacted the flow and health...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2022]
Colección:Asian cities (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; v. 18.
Temas:
Cities and towns > Asia.
Architecture.
Development studies.
ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning
Cities and towns.
City and town planning: architectural aspects.
Urban communities.
Asian history.
Asia.
River cities, Southeast Asia, development
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 River Cities in Asia
  • 2 Water World to Inundation
  • 3 From the City to the Sea
  • 4 The Political Economy of Banjarmasin's River Landscape during the Sultanate Period (1526-1860)
  • 5 Through the Passage and across the Worlds
  • 6 Challenges to an Iconic River-City
  • 7 River-Edge Relationships
  • 8 Recovering the Stream
  • 9 Water's Edge Urbanisms along the Buckingham Canal in Chennai
  • 10 The Social Downside of Flood Control
  • 11 Hybrid Riverscapes
  • Index

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