The fabric of space : water, modernity, and the urban imagination /

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A study of water at the intersection of landscape and infrastructure in Paris, Berlin, Lagos, Mumbai, Los Angeles, and London.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gandy, Matthew (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Water resources development.
Sewerage.
Water use > Social aspects.
Municipal water supply > Economic aspects.
City and town life.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Ressources en eau > Exploitation.
Égouts.
Eau > Utilisation > Aspect social.
Eau > Approvisionnement urbain > Aspect économique.
Vie urbaine.
Écologie urbaine.
water resources development.
sewers (drainage structures)
urban environments.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning.
City and town life
Municipal water supply > Economic aspects
Sewerage
Water resources development
Water use > Social aspects
Stadt
Wasserversorgung
Abwasserbeseitigung
Vattenförsörjning.
Stadsliv.
ENVIRONMENT/General
URBANISM/General
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Periodicities and metabolisms
  • The Paris sewers and the rationalization of urban space
  • Borrowed light : journeys through Weimar Berlin
  • Mosquitoes, modernity, and post-colonial Lagos
  • Water, poverty, and urban fragmentation in Mumbai
  • Tracing the Los Angeles River
  • Fears, fantasies, and floods : the inundation of London.

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