Politics of urban runoff : nature, technology, and the sustainable city /

A study of urban stormwater runoff that explores the relationships among nature, technology, and society in cities. When rain falls on the city, it creates urban runoff that cause flooding, erosion, and water pollution. Municipal engineers manage a complex network of technical and natural systems to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Karvonen, Andrew, 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.
Colección:Urban and industrial environments.
Temas:
Urban runoff.
Water quality management > Political aspects.
Water quality > Texas > Austin.
Water quality > Washington (State) > Seattle.
Écoulement urbain.
Eau > Qualité > Gestion > Aspect politique.
Eau > Qualité > Texas > Austin.
Eau > Qualité > Washington (État) > Seattle.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Waste Management.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Urban runoff
Water quality
Texas > Austin
Washington (State) > Seattle
ENVIRONMENT/General
ARCHITECTURE/Urban Design
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The dilemma of water in the city
  • Urban runoff and the city of relations
  • Saving the springs : urban expansion and water quality in Austin
  • After the flood : retrofitting Austin's urban core to accommodate growth
  • Metronatural : inventing and taming nature in Seattle
  • Reasserting the place of nature in Seattle's urban creeks
  • Politics of urban runoff : building relations through active citizenship
  • Towards the relational city : imaginaries, expertise, experiments.

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